Nonstop flight route between Tin City, Alaska, United States and Universal City, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC), Tin City, Alaska, United States and Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (RND), Universal City, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,798 miles (or 6,113 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 Tin City LRRS Airport and Randolph 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 Tin City LRRS Airport and Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC):

• The furthest airport from Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,379 miles (16,703 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Tin City LRRS Airport's relatively low elevation of 269 feet, planes can take off or land at Tin City LRRS 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.
• The closest airport to Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NW of TNC.
• It is not staffed by any support personnel, and is not open to the public.
• Tin City LRRS Airport has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 4,700 by 100 feet.
• The airstrip was conducted in 1951 during the construction of the Tin City Air Force Station.

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

• General Lahm established the Air Corps Training Center in August 1926 and set up its headquarters at Duncan Field, next to Kelly Field, Texas.
• 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.
• To preserve the lineage and histories of combat units, the Air Force directed ATC to replace its four-digit flying and pilot training wings with two-digit designations.
• 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.
• In June 1941, the Air Corps became the Army Air Forces.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Randolph Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio", another name for RND is "Randolph AFB".
• Although barely half-completed, Randolph Field was dedicated 20 June 1930, with an estimated 15,000 people in attendance and a fly-by of 233 planes.