Nonstop flight route between Livingston, Montana, United States and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mission Field (LVM), Livingston, Montana, United States and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 130 miles (or 209 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 relatively short distance between Mission Field and Malmstrom Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Mission Field (LVM):

• The furthest airport from Mission Field (LVM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,610 miles (17,075 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Mission Field (LVM) is Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of LVM.
• Mission Field (LVM) has 3 runways.
• Because of Mission Field's high elevation of 4,659 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LVM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LVM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• In late 1962 missiles assigned to 341st would play a major role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• Following World War II, Great Falls Army Air Base played an important role in US defense during the Cold War era.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• 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.
• Malmstrom Air Force Base traces its beginnings back to 1939 when World War II broke out in Europe.
• Z-147 was completely replaced by a new ARSR-4 JSS site on Bootlegger Ridge, about 14 miles northeast of Great Falls AFB.
• By 1954, several aircraft control and warning squadrons had been formed at the base.
• DC-20 was initially under the Great Falls Air Defense Sector, established on 1 March 1959.