Nonstop flight route between Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Mountain Home, Idaho, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Carajás Airport (CKS), Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,323 miles (or 8,566 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 Carajás Airport and Mountain Home 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 Carajás Airport and Mountain Home Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CKS / SBCJ |
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Location: | Carajás, Pará, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°6'55"S by 50°0'5"W |
Area Served: | Carajás (Parauapebas) |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2064 feet (629 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CKS |
More Information: | CKS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MUO / KMUO |
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Location: | Mountain Home, Idaho, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°2'36"N by 115°52'21"W |
View all routes: | Routes from MUO |
More Information: | MUO Maps & Info |
Facts about Carajás Airport (CKS):
- Carajás Airport (CKS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was built by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce as a support to its mining activities.
- Carajás Airport handled 144,428 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Carajás Airport (CKS) is Xinguara Airport (XIG), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) S of CKS.
- In addition to being known as "Carajás Airport", another name for CKS is "Aeroporto de Carajás".
- The furthest airport from Carajás Airport (CKS) is Mati Airport (MXI), which is nearly antipodal to Carajás Airport (meaning Carajás Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mati Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
Facts about Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO):
- The furthest airport from Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,858 miles (17,474 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In addition, the 726th Air Control Squadron gives an air picture to the aircraft as they train.
- Instead of training B-17 crews, Mountain Home airmen began training crews for the B-24 Liberator.
- The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
- In early 1991, the Air Force announced that the 366th would become the Air Force's premier "air intervention" composite wing.
- Mountain Home's first operational USAF unit was the Strategic Air Command 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Group which was reassigned from Clark Field in the Philippines, being assigned on 26 May 1949.
- Mountain Home AFB is the home of the 366th Fighter Wing, which reports to Air Combat Command.
- In November 1965 TAC began to activate elements of its new 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Mountain Home, formally activating the wing on 1 January 1966.
- In 1959, construction of three HGM-25A Titan I missile sites began in the local area.
- In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".