Nonstop flight route between Universal City, Texas, United States and Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States and Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN), Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 739 miles (or 1,189 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 Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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

• 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.
• 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 idea for Randolph began soon after passage in the United States Congress of the Air Corps Act of 1926, which changed the name of the Army Air Service to the Army Air Corps, created two new brigadier general positions and provided a five-year expansion program for the under-strength Air Corps.
• The 12 FTW also provides training to numerous NATO/Allied officer students via SUNT, as well as supporting Marine Corps and Coast Guard enlisted navigator training via the Marine Aerial Navigation School.
• 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.
• The base is listed as a census-designated place for statistical purposes, with a population of 1,241 counted at the 2010 census.
• In June 1941, the Air Corps became the Army Air Forces.
• In addition to being known as "Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio", another name for RND is "Randolph AFB".

Facts about Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN):

• The closest airport to Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) is General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) ENE of UPN.
• Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport's high elevation of 5,258 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UPN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UPN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport", another name for UPN is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Uruapan".
• The furthest airport from Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,486 miles (18,485 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.