Nonstop flight route between Universal City, Texas, United States and Dawson City, Yukon, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States and Dawson City Airport (YDA), Dawson City, Yukon, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,972 miles (or 4,783 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio and Dawson City Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio and Dawson City Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RND / KRND |
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Location: | Universal City, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°31'45"N by 98°16'44"W |
View all routes: | Routes from RND |
More Information: | RND Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YDA / CYDA |
Airport Name: | Dawson City Airport |
Location: | Dawson City, Yukon, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°2'31"N by 139°7'49"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Yukon |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1215 feet (370 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YDA |
More Information: | YDA Maps & Info |
Facts about Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND):
- Once the site for the field was selected, a committee decided to name the base after Captain William Millican Randolph, a native of Austin and graduate of Texas A&M, who was killed on 17 February 1928, in the crash of a Curtiss AT-4 Hawk, 27–220, on takeoff from Gorman Field, Texas.
- The Military Affairs Committee of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce quickly took the forefront in the search for an airfield location, which had to be suited to the airfield design, rather than the other way around as commonly done.
- In addition to being known as "Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio", another name for RND is "Randolph AFB".
- The Air Corps Act of 1926 mandated that rated pilots comprise 90% of all commissioned officers of the Air Corps.
- Major tenant units of Randolph AFB include the Air Force Personnel Center, Air Force Manpower Agency, Air Force Recruiting Service, and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Field Investigations Region 4.
- The furthest airport from Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,103 miles (17,869 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Today, the 12 FTW provides instructor pilot training and refresher/recurrency training in the T-6A Texan II, T-38C Talon and T-1A Jayhawk.
- The closest airport to Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND) is San Antonio International Airport (SAT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) W of RND.
- In June 1941, the Air Corps became the Army Air Forces.
- Randolph AFB is part of Joint Base San Antonio, an amalgamation of the United States Army Fort Sam Houston, the United States Air Force Randolph Air Force Base and Lackland Air Force Base, which were merged on 1 October 2010.
Facts about Dawson City Airport (YDA):
- Dawson City Airport (YDA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Dawson City Airport (YDA) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,261 miles (16,513 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Dawson City Airport (YDA) is Eagle Airport (EAA), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) NW of YDA.