Nonstop flight route between Bogande, Burkina Faso and San Antonio, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bogandé Airport (XBG), Bogande, Burkina Faso and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,274 miles (or 10,097 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 Bogandé 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 Bogandé 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!

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Facts about Bogandé Airport (XBG):

• The furthest airport from Bogandé Airport (XBG) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is nearly antipodal to Bogandé Airport (meaning Bogandé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport), and is located 12,269 miles (19,745 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
• The closest airport to Bogandé Airport (XBG) is Boulsa Airport (XBO), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SW of XBG.
• Bogandé Airport (XBG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bogandé Airport", another name for XBG is "Bogandé Airport (Bogandé)".
• Because of Bogandé Airport's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Bogandé 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.

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

• In October 2008 the BMT was expanded an extra two weeks to implement more air base defense training as well as other rudimentary skills.
• Lackland AFB is named after Brigadier General Frank Lackland.
• By late 1959 Lackland was also performing air-traffic-control duties for the Federal Aviation Administration.
• No other item in the 1960s compared to the incident that occurred at Lackland in February 1966 with the death of a basic trainee.
• Today the Lackland ADC site has been taken over by the FAA and remains in operation.
• 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.