Nonstop flight route between Juina, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juína Airport (JIA), Juina, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,188 miles (or 8,350 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 Juína Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base, 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 Juína Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Juína Airport (JIA):

• The furthest airport from Juína Airport (JIA) is Cuyo Airport (CYU), which is nearly antipodal to Juína Airport (meaning Juína Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cuyo Airport), and is located 12,395 miles (19,948 kilometers) away in Cuyo, Palawan, Philippines.
• The closest airport to Juína Airport (JIA) is Juruena Airport (JRN), which is located 78 miles (126 kilometers) N of JIA.
• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• In addition to being known as "Juína Airport", another name for JIA is "Aeroporto de Juína".
• Juína Airport (JIA) currently has only 1 runway.

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.
• Great Falls was reassigned to the Central Air Defense Force at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in 1953.
• Originally named Great Falls Army Air Base, later Great Falls Air Force Base, the facility was renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base on 1 October 1955 in honor of Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The North American Aerospace Defense Command was created in 1957.
• This included one of the greatest technology transfers in the history of the world.