Nonstop flight route between Butte, Montana, United States and Fallon, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana, United States and Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL), Fallon, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 550 miles (or 885 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 Bert Mooney Airport and Naval Air Station Fallon, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTM / KBTM |
| Airport Name: | Bert Mooney Airport |
| Location: | Butte, Montana, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°57'16"N by 112°29'51"W |
| Area Served: | Butte, Montana |
| Operator/Owner: | Bert Mooney Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 5550 feet (1,692 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BTM |
| More Information: | BTM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NFL / KNFL |
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| Location: | Fallon, Nevada, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°25'29"N by 118°42'10"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
| Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
| Elevation: | 3934 feet (1,199 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NFL |
| More Information: | NFL Maps & Info |
Facts about Bert Mooney Airport (BTM):
- Bert Mooney Airport covers 890 acres at an elevation of 5,550 feet.
- Because of Bert Mooney Airport's high elevation of 5,550 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) has 2 runways.
- On March 22, 2009 a Pilatus PC-12 flying in from Oroville, California crashed in Holy Cross Cemetery 500 feet from the airport, killing all 14 people on board.
- The closest airport to Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) is Dillon Airport (DLN), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) S of BTM.
- The furthest airport from Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,611 miles (17,077 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL):
- Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL) has 3 runways.
- The airfield at NAS Fallon was originally built in 1942 as part of a defensive network to repel a feared Japanese invasion of the west coast.
- The closest airport to Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL) is Fallon Municipal Airport (FLX), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNW of NFL.
- Around 1965, Fallon became an FAA/ADC joint-use facility.
- The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Fallon (NFL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,140 miles (17,928 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Fallon", another name for NFL is "Van Voorhis Field".
