Nonstop flight route between Ely, Nevada, United States and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ely Airport (ELY), Ely, Nevada, United States and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 596 miles (or 959 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 Ely Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Ely Airport (ELY):

• Ely Airport is a county-owned airport three miles northeast of Ely, in White Pine County, Nevada.
• In addition to being known as "Ely Airport", another name for ELY is "Yelland Field".
• The furthest airport from Ely Airport (ELY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,082 miles (17,835 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Ely Airport (ELY) is Eureka Airport (EUE), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WNW of ELY.
• Because of Ely Airport's high elevation of 6,259 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ELY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ELY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Ely Airport (ELY) has 2 runways.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 239 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 216 in 2009, and 245 in 2010.

Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (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.
• 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 1959 a SAGE data center was established at Malmstrom.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union increased dramatically when the Soviet Union closed all land travel between the western occupation sectors of Germany and the American, French and British sectors of Berlin.
• With the phaseout of the B-36 from the inventory in the late 1950s, the need for fighter escorts of SAC bombers was eliminated.
• Upon completion of the B-17 training program, in October 1943, Great Falls Army Air Base was transferred to the Air Transport Command and units from Gore Field were transferred to the base.