Nonstop flight route between Universal City, Texas, United States and Siuna, Nicaragua:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States and Siuna Airport (SIU), Siuna, Nicaragua would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,392 miles (or 2,241 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 relatively short distance between Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio and Siuna Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RND / KRND |
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| Location: | Universal City, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°31'45"N by 98°16'44"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from RND |
| More Information: | RND Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SIU / MNSI |
| Airport Name: | Siuna Airport |
| Location: | Siuna, Nicaragua |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°43'0"N by 84°46'36"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Republica de Nicaragua |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 480 feet (146 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SIU |
| More Information: | SIU Maps & Info |
Facts about Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND):
- It appears that Clark’s plan, submitted by the Air Corps Training Center, was one of the new layouts that George B.
- 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 Army Air Forces also planned to return basic pilot training to Randolph on 1 February 1946.
- 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.
- Today, the 12 FTW provides instructor pilot training and refresher/recurrency training in the T-6A Texan II, T-38C Talon and T-1A Jayhawk.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Siuna Airport (SIU):
- The closest airport to Siuna Airport (SIU) is Bonanza Airport (BZA), which is located 25 miles (39 kilometers) NNE of SIU.
- The furthest airport from Siuna Airport (SIU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Siuna Airport (meaning Siuna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,286 miles (19,772 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Siuna Airport (SIU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Siuna Airport's relatively low elevation of 480 feet, planes can take off or land at Siuna 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.
