Nonstop flight route between Thanh Hoa, Vietnam and San Antonio, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tho Xuan Airport (THD), Thanh Hoa, Vietnam and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,673 miles (or 13,959 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 Tho Xuan Airport and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio, 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 Tho Xuan Airport and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | THD / |
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Location: | Thanh Hoa, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°54'6"N by 105°28'4"E |
Operator/Owner: | Vietnam People's Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military, planned for civilian use in 2013 |
View all routes: | Routes from THD |
More Information: | THD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SKF / KSKF |
Airport Name: | Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio |
Location: | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°23'3"N by 98°34'51"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SKF |
More Information: | SKF Maps & Info |
Facts about Tho Xuan Airport (THD):
- In addition to being known as "Tho Xuan Airport", other names for THD include "THD[1]" and "VV01[verification needed]".
- The furthest airport from Tho Xuan Airport (THD) is Ilo Airport (ILQ), which is nearly antipodal to Tho Xuan Airport (meaning Tho Xuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ilo Airport), and is located 12,178 miles (19,599 kilometers) away in Ilo, Moquegua Region, Peru.
- The closest airport to Tho Xuan Airport (THD) is Vinh Airport (VII), which is located 82 miles (131 kilometers) S of THD.
Facts about Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF):
- The furthest airport from Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,124 miles (17,902 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF) is Stinson Municipal Airport (SSF), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) ESE of SKF.
- Construction on Lackland Air Force Base began on 15 Jun, 1941, and it was originally part of Kelly Field.
- In late 1951 Air Defense Command selected Lackland Air Force Base as one of twenty-eight radar stations built as part of the second segment of the permanent radar surveillance network.
- Lackland Air Force Base is home to the 37th Training Wing which operates a variety of training squadrons.
- By late 1959 Lackland was also performing air-traffic-control duties for the Federal Aviation Administration.
- The Vietnam War buildup necessitated a "split-phase" training from August 1965 to April 1966.
- In September 1972, the Houston-based 630th Radar Squadron sent a detachment to this FAA-operated site to set up an AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar to join the AN/FPS-66A search radar already in place.