Nonstop flight route between Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia and Universal City, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kerteh Airport (KTE), Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia and Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,672 miles (or 15,566 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 Kerteh 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 Kerteh 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!

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Facts about Kerteh Airport (KTE):

• In addition to being known as "Kerteh Airport", another name for KTE is "Lapangan Terbang Kerteh".
• The furthest airport from Kerteh Airport (KTE) is Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS), which is nearly antipodal to Kerteh Airport (meaning Kerteh Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport), and is located 12,341 miles (19,861 kilometers) away in Yurimaguas, Peru.
• The closest airport to Kerteh Airport (KTE) is Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SSW of KTE.
• Kerteh Airport (KTE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kerteh Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Kerteh 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.

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

• In 1927, newly assigned to Kelly Field as a dispatch officer in the motor pool, First Lieutenant Harold Clark designed a model four-quadrant airfield having a circular layout of facilities between parallel runways, after learning a new field was to be constructed.
• 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.
• The 12 FTW also operates an additional airfield for practice approaches and touch-and-go landings approximately 12 miles east-northeast of Randolph in Seguin, Texas.
• In addition to being known as "Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio", another name for RND is "Randolph AFB".
• 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.
• Randolph Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located at Schertz, 14.8 miles east-northeast of Downtown San Antonio, Texas.
• Like many military installations during World War II, Randolph fielded an intercollegiate football team, nicknamed the Randolph Field Ramblers.