Nonstop flight route between San Antonio, Texas, United States and Carúpano, Venezuela:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States and General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport (CUP), Carúpano, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,616 miles (or 4,210 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 Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio and General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport, 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 Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio and General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF):

• The closest airport to Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF) is Stinson Municipal Airport (SSF), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) ESE of SKF.
• Construction on Lackland Air Force Base began on 15 Jun, 1941, and it was originally part of Kelly Field.
• Today the Lackland ADC site has been taken over by the FAA and remains in operation.
• No other item in the 1960s compared to the incident that occurred at Lackland in February 1966 with the death of a basic trainee.
• Lackland Air Force Base is home to the 37th Training Wing which operates a variety of training squadrons.
• On 1 February 1953 the 741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated at Lackland 29°23′16.4″N 98°37′59.9″W / 29.387889°N 98.633306°W / 29.387889.
• The furthest airport from Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,124 miles (17,902 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in San Antonio, Texas.

Facts about General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport (CUP):

• The furthest airport from General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport (CUP) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is nearly antipodal to General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport (meaning General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lombok International Airport), and is located 12,302 miles (19,798 kilometers) away in Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia.
• General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport (CUP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport (CUP) is Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (PMV), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) WNW of CUP.
• Because of General José Francisco Bermúdez Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at General José Francisco Bermúdez 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.