Nonstop flight route between Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil and Universal City, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ipiranga Airport (IPG), Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil and Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,933 miles (or 4,721 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 Ipiranga Airport and Randolph 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 Ipiranga Airport and Randolph 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:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Ipiranga Airport (IPG):

• Because of Ipiranga Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Ipiranga Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• The closest airport to Ipiranga Airport (IPG) is Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport (LET), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) S of IPG.
• Ipiranga Airport (IPG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ipiranga Airport (IPG) is Kuching International Airport (KCH), which is nearly antipodal to Ipiranga Airport (meaning Ipiranga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kuching International Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• Ipiranga Airport is the airport serving Santo Antônio do Içá, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Ipiranga Airport", another name for IPG is "Aeroporto do Ipiranga".

Facts about Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND):

• 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.
• 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.
• To preserve the lineage and histories of combat units, the Air Force directed ATC to replace its four-digit flying and pilot training wings with two-digit designations.
• In addition to being known as "Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio", another name for RND is "Randolph AFB".
• 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.
• Opened in 1931, Randolph has been a flying training facility for the United States Army Air Corps, the United States Army Air Forces, and the Air Force during its entire existence.
• The Air Corps Act of 1926 mandated that rated pilots comprise 90% of all commissioned officers of the Air Corps.