Nonstop flight route between Great Falls, Montana, United States and Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States and Mamburao Airport (MBO), Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,171 miles (or 11,540 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 Mamburao 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 Mamburao 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):

• Construction of the wing's first launch facility began in March 1961 and was completed in December.
• 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.
• DC-20 was initially under the Great Falls Air Defense Sector, established on 1 March 1959.
• Great Falls AAB was assigned to II Bomber Command, Second Air Force.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Mamburao Airport (MBO):

• The furthest airport from Mamburao Airport (MBO) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Mamburao Airport (meaning Mamburao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
• Because of Mamburao Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Mamburao 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.
• In addition to being known as "Mamburao Airport", another name for MBO is "Paliparan ng Mamburao".
• The closest airport to Mamburao Airport (MBO) is Lubang Airport (LBX), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NW of MBO.
• Mamburao Airport (MBO) currently has only 1 runway.