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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beica Airport (BEI), Beica, Ethiopia and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,979 miles (or 12,841 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 Beica Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base, 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 Beica Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beica Airport (BEI):

• The furthest airport from Beica Airport (BEI) is Manihi Airport (XMH), which is nearly antipodal to Beica Airport (meaning Beica Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihi Airport), and is located 12,086 miles (19,450 kilometers) away in Manihi, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Beica Airport (BEI) is Asosa Airport (ASO), which is located 44 miles (70 kilometers) N of BEI.
• Because of Beica Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Beica 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 Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• Malmstrom Air Force Base traces its beginnings back to 1939 when World War II broke out in Europe.
• 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.
• Z-147 was completely replaced by a new ARSR-4 JSS site on Bootlegger Ridge, about 14 miles northeast of Great Falls AFB.
• 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".
• 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.
• On 23 December 1959, the Air Force Ballistic Missile Committee approved the selection of Malmstrom AFB to host the first Minuteman ICBM base.
• After World War II ended Great Falls AAB assumed a support mission for military personnel assigned to Alaskan military installations.