Nonstop flight route between Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and Universal City, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG), Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,578 miles (or 7,367 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 Ponta Porã International 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 Ponta Porã International 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 Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG):

• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• Ponta Porã International Airport handled 3,288 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Ponta Porã International Airport", another name for PMG is "Aeroporto Internacional de Ponta Porã".
• The closest airport to Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG) is Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) SW of PMG.
• The furthest airport from Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is nearly antipodal to Ponta Porã International Airport (meaning Ponta Porã International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hateruma Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan.
• Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG) currently has only 1 runway.

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

• Randolph Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located at Schertz, 14.8 miles east-northeast of Downtown San Antonio, Texas.
• 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.
• 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.
• Clark's design was submitted to and drawn upon by George B.
• In addition to being known as "Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio", another name for RND is "Randolph AFB".
• Randolph 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 Air Corps Act of 1926 mandated that rated pilots comprise 90% of all commissioned officers of the Air Corps.
• Like many military installations during World War II, Randolph fielded an intercollegiate football team, nicknamed the Randolph Field Ramblers.
• General Lahm established the Air Corps Training Center in August 1926 and set up its headquarters at Duncan Field, next to Kelly Field, Texas.
• 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.
• On 1 April 1952, the Air Force established the Crew Training Air Force with its headquarters at Randolph to administer nine bases and combat crew training wings, including the 3510th.
• In June 1941, the Air Corps became the Army Air Forces.
• 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.