Nonstop flight route between Tangier, Morocco and San Antonio, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), Tangier, Morocco and Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (SKF), San Antonio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,203 miles (or 8,374 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 Tangier Ibn Battouta 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 Tangier Ibn Battouta 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: | TNG / GMTT |
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Location: | Tangier, Morocco |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°43'36"N by 5°55'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | ONDA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 62 feet (19 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TNG |
More Information: | TNG 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 Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG):
- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport handled 484,391 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) is Sania Ramel Airport (SII), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) ESE of TNG.
- In addition to being known as "Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport", other names for TNG include "Aéroport Tanger Ibn Battoutaمطار طنجة ابن بطوطة" and "مطار طنجة ابن بطوطة".
- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) has 2 runways.
- Because of Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Tangier Ibn Battouta 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.
- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport is an international airport serving Tangier, the capital city of the Tangier-Tétouan region in Morocco.
- Tangier-Ibn Battouta is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.
- The airport handled over 646,000 passengers in the year 2009.
- The furthest airport from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (meaning Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,421 miles (19,989 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
Facts about Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio (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.
- The Vietnam War buildup necessitated a "split-phase" training from August 1965 to April 1966.
- By late 1959 Lackland was also performing air-traffic-control duties for the Federal Aviation Administration.
- 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.
- Lackland gained a flying mission when adjacent Kelly Air Force Base closed in 2001.
- As a result of the Korean War, training populations at Lackland soared to 28 basic military training squadrons within the 3700th Military Training Wing.
- Lackland Air Force Base is home to the 37th Training Wing which operates a variety of training squadrons.
- 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, like many other Air Education and Training Command bases, trains enlisted airmen out of basic training in a specific specialty via various "tech schools." Lackland currently has six technical training squadrons on base training multiple airmen in various Air Force Specialty Codes.