Nonstop flight route between Great Falls, Montana, United States and Udaipur, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States and Udaipur Airport (UDR), Udaipur, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,444 miles (or 11,979 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 Malmstrom Air Force Base and Udaipur 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 Malmstrom Air Force Base and Udaipur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GFA / KGFA |
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Location: | Great Falls, Montana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°30'16"N by 111°11'13"W |
View all routes: | Routes from GFA |
More Information: | GFA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UDR / VAUD |
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Location: | Udaipur, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°37'4"N by 73°53'45"E |
Area Served: | Udaipur |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1684 feet (513 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UDR |
More Information: | UDR Maps & Info |
Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):
- Great Falls was reassigned to the Central Air Defense Force at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in 1953.
- In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
- In 1959 a SAGE data center was established at Malmstrom.
- The furthest airport from Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,495 miles (16,891 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA) is Great Falls International Airport (GTF), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) W of GFA.
- MATS reopened the C-54 Flight Training School as the 1272 Medium Transition Training Unit in May 1950, one month before the Korean War began.
- Originally named Great Falls Army Air Base, later Great Falls Air Force Base, the facility was renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base on 1 October 1955 in honor of Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom.
- At Great Falls, P-39 Airacobras, C-47 Skytrains, B-25 Mitchells, and A-20 Havocs aircraft.
- On 21 August 1954 the 407th SFW Vice Commander, Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom, died when his T-33 Shooting Star trainer crashed approximately one mile west of the Great Falls Municipal Airport.
Facts about Udaipur Airport (UDR):
- The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India.
- In addition to being known as "Udaipur Airport", other names for UDR include "Dabok Airport", "महाराणा प्रताप हवाई अड्डा" and "Maharana Pratap Airport".
- Udaipur Airport (UDR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Udaipur Airport (UDR) is Jodhpur Airport (JDH), which is located 125 miles (201 kilometers) NNW of UDR.
- The furthest airport from Udaipur Airport (UDR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Udaipur Airport (meaning Udaipur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Scenes from the movie The Darjeeling Limited were shot here.