Nonstop flight route between Kaolack, Senegal and Mountain Home, Idaho, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kaolack Airport (KLC), Kaolack, Senegal and Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,036 miles (or 9,715 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 Kaolack Airport and Mountain Home 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 Kaolack Airport and Mountain Home 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 Kaolack Airport (KLC):

• Because of Kaolack Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaolack 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.
• The furthest airport from Kaolack Airport (KLC) is Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON), which is nearly antipodal to Kaolack Airport (meaning Kaolack Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santo-Pekoa International Airport), and is located 12,199 miles (19,632 kilometers) away in Luganville, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Kaolack Airport (KLC) is Banjul International Airport (BJL), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of KLC.
• Kaolack Airport (KLC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO):

• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
• Mountain Home's first operational USAF unit was the Strategic Air Command 5th Strategic Reconnaissance Group which was reassigned from Clark Field in the Philippines, being assigned on 26 May 1949.
• The furthest airport from Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,858 miles (17,474 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Mountain Home AFB is the home of the 366th Fighter Wing, which reports to Air Combat Command.
• The pending assignment of the new RB-36 Peacemaker to the 5th SRW, along with the inadequacy of its World War II facilities to support the large aircraft led SAC to move the 5th SRW to Fairfield-Suisun AFB, California on 9 November 1949.
• With the move of the RF-4Cs to Bergstrom, TAC activated its 347th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home, which has been phased down by PACAF at Yokota AB, Japan in May 1971.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• The 366th Fighter Wing has been the host unit at Mountain Home for over 35 years, following its return from the Vietnam War in late 1972.