Nonstop flight route between Great Falls, Montana, United States and Cepu, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States and Ngloram Airport (CPF), Cepu, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,690 miles (or 13,986 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 Ngloram 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 Ngloram 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):

• Following World War II, Great Falls Army Air Base played an important role in US defense during the Cold War era.
• 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.
• Great Falls was reassigned to the Central Air Defense Force at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in 1953.
• Z-147 was completely replaced by a new ARSR-4 JSS site on Bootlegger Ridge, about 14 miles northeast of Great Falls AFB.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• The base's runway was closed on 31 December 1996 for aircraft operations.
• With the phaseout of the B-36 from the inventory in the late 1950s, the need for fighter escorts of SAC bombers 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.

Facts about Ngloram Airport (CPF):

• In addition to being known as "Ngloram Airport", another name for CPF is "Bandar Udara Ngloram".
• Ngloram Airport (CPF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ngloram Airport (CPF) is Elorza Airport (EOZ), which is nearly antipodal to Ngloram Airport (meaning Ngloram Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Elorza Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Elorza, Venezuela.
• The closest airport to Ngloram Airport (CPF) is Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG), which is located 82 miles (132 kilometers) W of CPF.
• Because of Ngloram Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Ngloram 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.