Nonstop flight route between Great Falls, Montana, United States and Kerio Valley, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States and Kimwarer Airport (KRV), Kerio Valley, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,578 miles (or 13,806 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 Kimwarer 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 Kimwarer 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):

• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• With the phaseout of the B-36 from the inventory in the late 1950s, the need for fighter escorts of SAC bombers was eliminated.
• In 1959 a SAGE data center was established at Malmstrom.
• 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.
• 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.
• Later, the 517th Air Transport Wing was redesginated the 1701st Air Transport Wing on 1 June 1948 when Air Transport Command was redesignated the Military Air Transport Service.
• Great Falls became the temporary home of the 582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing on 1 May 1953 which was transferred from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
• 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 Kimwarer Airport (KRV):

• Because of Kimwarer Airport's high elevation of 4,701 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KRV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KRV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Kimwarer Airport (KRV) is Eldoret International Airport (EDL), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of KRV.
• In addition to being known as "Kimwarer Airport", other names for KRV include "Nakuru Airport" and "Kimwarer".
• Kimwarer Airport is an airport in Kenya.
• Kimwarer Airport (KRV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kimwarer Airport (KRV) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,688 miles (18,811 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Kimwarer Airport is a small civilian airport, serving the village of Kimwarer and surrounding communities.