Nonstop flight route between Tamanrasset, Algeria and San Antonio, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR), Tamanrasset, Algeria and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,236 miles (or 10,036 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 Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio, 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 Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TMR / DAAT |
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Location: | Tamanrasset, Algeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°48'39"N by 5°27'2"E |
Area Served: | Tamanrasset, Algeria |
Operator/Owner: | EGSA Alger |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4518 feet (1,377 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TMR |
More Information: | TMR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SKF / KSKF |
Airport Name: | Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio |
Location: | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°23'3"N by 98°34'51"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SKF |
More Information: | SKF Maps & Info |
Facts about Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR):
- In addition to being known as "Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport", other names for TMR include "Tamanrasset Airport (Aguenar)" and "Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok".
- The closest airport to Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) is In Guezzam Airport (INF), which is located 225 miles (363 kilometers) S of TMR.
- The furthest airport from Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) is Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU), which is nearly antipodal to Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (meaning Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fuaʻamotu International Airport), and is located 12,322 miles (19,830 kilometers) away in Nukuʻalofa, Tongatapu, Tonga.
- Because of Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport's high elevation of 4,518 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TMR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TMR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) has 2 runways.
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.
- 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.
- Lackland Air Force Base is home to the 37th Training Wing which operates a variety of training squadrons.
- Lackland now consists of the Kelly airstrip, Security Hill, main base Lackland, and the old Medina officer training base now named Medina/Lackland Training Annex.
- By late 1959 Lackland was also performing air-traffic-control duties for the Federal Aviation Administration.
- 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.
- 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.
- In October 2008 the BMT was expanded an extra two weeks to implement more air base defense training as well as other rudimentary skills.