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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG), Bydgoszcz, Poland and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,873 miles (or 7,842 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 Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski 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 Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski 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 Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG):

• The furthest airport from Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,518 miles (18,537 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport", other names for BZG include "Port lotniczy im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego Bydgoszcz-Szwederowo" and "Bydgoszcz".
• The closest airport to Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG) is Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) SW of BZG.
• Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG) has 4 runways.
• Because of Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport's relatively low elevation of 236 feet, planes can take off or land at Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski 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):

• By 1954, several aircraft control and warning squadrons had been formed at the base.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• At Great Falls, P-39 Airacobras, C-47 Skytrains, B-25 Mitchells, and A-20 Havocs aircraft.
• Great Falls was reassigned to the Central Air Defense Force at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in 1953.
• Later, the 517th Air Transport Wing was redesginated the 1701st Air Transport Wing on 1 June 1948 when Air Transport Command was redesignated the Military Air Transport Service.
• 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.
• 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.