Nonstop flight route between Kaoma, Zambia and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kaoma Airport (KMZ), Kaoma, Zambia and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,586 miles (or 12,208 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 Kaoma Airport and Homestead Air Reserve 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 Kaoma Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kaoma Airport (KMZ):

• Kaoma Airport (KMZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kaoma Airport (KMZ) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Kaoma Airport (meaning Kaoma Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,097 miles (19,467 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• The closest airport to Kaoma Airport (KMZ) is Lukulu Airport (LXU), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) WNW of KMZ.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• The 482th Fighter Wing is part of the Air Force Reserve Command and Tenth Air Force and functions as the host wing for the installation.
• The 28th Bomb Squadron converted to the new Boeing B-52H Stratofortress aircraft in 1961, with the remaining squadrons of the 19th being transferred to various SAC Strategic Wings.
• On 15 September 1945, three years to the day of the base's founding, a massive hurricane barreled through, sending winds of up to 145 mph whistling through the cinderblock buildings.
• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
• The 379th Bomb Wing was activated at Homestead on 1 November 1955.
• Homestead Airfield began as a United States Army Air Forces facility on 16 September 1942 when the Army Air Forces assumed control of an isolated airstrip located about a mile inland from the shore of Biscayne Bay.