Nonstop flight route between San Antonio, Texas, United States and Stony River, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States and Stony River Airport (SRV), Stony River, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,414 miles (or 5,494 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 Stony River 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 Stony River 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):

• In late 1951 Air Defense Command selected Lackland Air Force Base as one of twenty-eight radar stations built as part of the second segment of the permanent radar surveillance network.
• In addition, with the closure of Kelly AFB Lackland gained the section of base known as Security Hill.
• 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.
• 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 Air Force Base is home to the 37th Training Wing which operates a variety of training squadrons.
• In 1965 AN/FPS-20A was upgraded to an AN/FPS-91A radar, then in 1969 it was modified to an AN/FPS-66A.
• In October 2008 the BMT was expanded an extra two weeks to implement more air base defense training as well as other rudimentary skills.

Facts about Stony River Airport (SRV):

• The furthest airport from Stony River Airport (SRV) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,517 miles (16,925 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
• Stony River Airport (SRV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Stony River Airport's relatively low elevation of 230 feet, planes can take off or land at Stony River 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.
• In addition to being known as "Stony River Airport", another name for SRV is "Stony River 2 Airport".
• The closest airport to Stony River Airport (SRV) is Sleetmute Airport (SLQ), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of SRV.