Nonstop flight route between Great Falls, Montana, United States and Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States and Bauru State Airport (BAU), Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,172 miles (or 9,933 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 Malmstrom Air Force Base and Bauru State Airport, 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 Malmstrom Air Force Base and Bauru State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• On 18 December 1953, Great Falls AFB was transferred from Military Air Transport Service to Strategic Air Command, although MATS units remained at the base for several years.
• By 1954, several aircraft control and warning squadrons had been formed at the base.
• Z-147 was completely replaced by a new ARSR-4 JSS site on Bootlegger Ridge, about 14 miles northeast of Great Falls AFB.
• This included one of the greatest technology transfers in the history of the world.
• 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.

Facts about Bauru State Airport (BAU):

• In addition to being known as "Bauru State Airport", another name for BAU is "Aeroporto Estadual de Bauru".
• The furthest airport from Bauru State Airport (BAU) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Bauru State Airport (meaning Bauru State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,194 miles (19,624 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• Bauru State Airport (BAU) currently has only 1 runway.
• It is operated by DAESP.
• No scheduled flights operate at this airport anymore.
• The closest airport to Bauru State Airport (BAU) is Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) W of BAU.
• Bauru State Airport handled 11,451 passengers last year.