Nonstop flight route between Manado, Indonesia and Universal City, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC), Manado, Indonesia and Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,869 miles (or 14,273 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 Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) 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 Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) 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 Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC):

• Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) is Naha Airport (NAH), which is located 153 miles (247 kilometers) NNE of MDC.
• Because of Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)'s relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) 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.
• The 3,546 m2 cargo terminal has an annual capacity of 7,840 tonnes, a 2,280 m2 warehouse, a bonded warehouse, a transit zone, a Free Port/Foreign Trade Zone, an EU border post, aircraft maintenance, mechanical handling, an animal quarantine, fresh meat inspection, livestock handling, health officials, security for valuables, dangerous goods, radioactive goods, very large/heavy cargo, and an express/courier center.
• The furthest airport from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) is Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM), which is nearly antipodal to Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (meaning Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Santarém, Pará, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)", another name for MDC is "Bandar Udara Internasional Sam Ratulangi".
• A minor upgrade had been done prior to the World Ocean Conference and Coral Triangle Initiative Summit on May 2009.

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

• Like many military installations during World War II, Randolph fielded an intercollegiate football team, nicknamed the Randolph Field Ramblers.
• The Crew Training Air Force was discontinued on 1 July 1957, and the headquarters of the Flying Training Air Force relocated to Randolph.
• Between October 1931 and March 1935, more than 2,000 candidates reported for pilot training at Randolph, which began a new class every fourth months.
• 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 AFB is named after Captain William Millican Randolph, a native of Austin, who was on the base naming committee at the time of his death in a crash.
• 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.
• In June 1941, the Air Corps became the Army Air Forces.
• 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.