Nonstop flight route between Greenville, South Carolina, United States and Great Falls, Montana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), Greenville, South Carolina, United States and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,721 miles (or 2,770 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 Greenville Downtown Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GMU / KGMU |
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Location: | Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°50'53"N by 82°20'59"W |
Area Served: | Greenville, South Carolina |
Operator/Owner: | Greenville Airport Commission |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1048 feet (319 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GMU |
More Information: | GMU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GFA / KGFA |
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Location: | Great Falls, Montana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°30'16"N by 111°11'13"W |
View all routes: | Routes from GFA |
More Information: | GFA Maps & Info |
Facts about Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU):
- Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,441 miles (18,413 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The Airport Commission recently completed extensive runway, taxiway, and apron improvements, a major terminal renovation, and construction of a new road that made additional land available for development.
- The closest airport to Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) is Donaldson Center Airport (GDC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSW of GMU.
- The Greenville Downtown Airport is governed by a 5-person appointed Commission authorized by Act 919.
- Located at GMU are many companies that provide aviation services like aircraft rental and flight instruction, aircraft maintenance, helicopter services and flight instruction, aircraft management, fuel service, aircraft sales, air charter and air taxi services.
- The airport was replaced by the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport which opened October 15, 1962.
- In addition to being known as "Greenville Downtown Airport", another name for GMU is "(Greenville Municipal Airport)".
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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.
- In November 1942, a survey team evaluated an area near the Green Mill Dance Club and Rainbow Dam Road approximately six miles east of Great Falls.
- In late 1962 missiles assigned to 341st would play a major role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
- In 1959 a SAGE data center was established at Malmstrom.
- 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.
- Aircraft shipments to the Soviet Union stopped in September 1945, when World War II ended, with approximately 8,000 aircraft having been processed in a 21-month period.
- MATS reopened the C-54 Flight Training School as the 1272 Medium Transition Training Unit in May 1950, one month before the Korean War began.
- DC-20 was initially under the Great Falls Air Defense Sector, established on 1 March 1959.