Nonstop flight route between San Antonio, Texas, United States and Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States and Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB), Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,994 miles (or 8,038 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 Santa Terezinha Municipal 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 Santa Terezinha Municipal 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 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.
• During the 1960s, more permanent facilities were constructed, including four 1,000-person steel and brick Recruit Housing and Training dormitories built between 1966 and 1970 for basic military training by the Lackland Military Training Center.
• 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.
• Lackland AFB hosts a collection of vintage military aircraft on static display on its parade grounds, including a B-52 Stratofortress, F-4 Phantom II, SR-71 Blackbird, C-121 Constellation, B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell.
• By late 1959 Lackland was also performing air-traffic-control duties for the Federal Aviation Administration.
• On 3 Feb 1948, the facility was named Lackland AFB after Brigadier General Frank Lackland, who was commissioned into the regular Army after serving in the National Guard, District of Columbia.
• Today the Lackland ADC site has been taken over by the FAA and remains in operation.
• The Vietnam War buildup necessitated a "split-phase" training from August 1965 to April 1966.

Facts about Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB):

• Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport is the airport serving Joaçaba, Brazil.
• The airport is located 6 km from downtown Joaçaba.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport", another name for JCB is "Aeroporto Municipal Santa Terezinha".
• The closest airport to Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) is Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) ENE of JCB.
• The furthest airport from Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) is Iejima Airport (IEJ), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (meaning Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iejima Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Iejima, Japan.
• Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) currently has only 1 runway.
• It is operated by the Municipality of Joaçaba.