Nonstop flight route between El Obeid, Sudan and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Obeid Airport (EBD), El Obeid, Sudan and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,619 miles (or 12,261 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 El Obeid 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 El Obeid 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 El Obeid Airport (EBD):

• El Obeid Airport (EBD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from El Obeid Airport (EBD) is Mataiva Airport (MVT), which is nearly antipodal to El Obeid Airport (meaning El Obeid Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataiva Airport), and is located 12,299 miles (19,793 kilometers) away in Mataiva, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to El Obeid Airport (EBD) is Khartoum International Airport (KRT), which is located 229 miles (369 kilometers) NE of EBD.

Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• On 1 July 1968, the F-101B equipped 29th FIS was inactivated and replaced by the F-106 Delta Dart equipped 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was reassigned from Richards Gebaur AFB when its ADC mission was eliminated.
• 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.
• 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 1957, under the control of the 801st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, the Malmstrom AFB radar station became operational with AN/FPS-20 search and AN/FPS-6 height-finder radars.
• Great Falls AAB was assigned to II Bomber Command, Second Air Force.
• Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, United States.
• Aircraft shipments to the Soviet Union stopped in September 1945, when World War II ended, with approximately 8,000 aircraft having been processed in a 21-month period.
• At Great Falls, P-39 Airacobras, C-47 Skytrains, B-25 Mitchells, and A-20 Havocs aircraft.