Nonstop flight route between Betou, Republic of the Congo and San Antonio, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bétou Airport (BTB), Betou, Republic of the Congo and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,719 miles (or 12,422 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 Bétou 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 Bétou 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: | BTB / FCOT | 
| Airport Name: | Bétou Airport | 
| Location: | Betou, Republic of the Congo | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 3°2'59"N by 18°30'0"E | 
| Area Served: | Bétou, Republic of Congo | 
| Elevation: | 1168 feet (356 meters) | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BTB | 
| More Information: | BTB 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 Bétou Airport (BTB):
- The closest airport to Bétou Airport (BTB) is Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF), which is located 93 miles (150 kilometers) N of BTB.
- The furthest airport from Bétou Airport (BTB) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,986 miles (19,290 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
Facts about Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF):
- 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.
- Lackland 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.
- 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.




