Nonstop flight route between Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines and Minot, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mamburao Airport (MBO), Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines and Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,464 miles (or 12,013 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 Mamburao Airport and Minot 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 Mamburao Airport and Minot 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 Mamburao Airport (MBO):

• Mamburao Airport (MBO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Mamburao Airport (MBO) is Lubang Airport (LBX), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NW of MBO.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Mamburao Airport", another name for MBO is "Paliparan ng Mamburao".

Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):

• In 1993 control of the ICBM force was transferred by ACC to Air Force Space Command.
• Command of Minot AFB passed from Air Defense Command to SAC in July 1962 as the base's primary mission changed from air defense to strategic deterrence.
• In July 1968, the 450th Bombardment Wing and 455th Strategic Missile Wing were inactivated, being from Travis AFB, California, when jurisdiction of Travis was assumed by the Military Airlift Command and the 91st Strategic Missile Wing from Glasgow AFB, Montana, when it closed.
• replaced by the 5th Bombardment Wing
• In addition to being known as "Minot Air Force Base", another name for MIB is "Minot AFB".
• The furthest airport from Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,320 miles (16,609 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Minot International Airport (MOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MIB.
• Renamed Aerospace Defense Command in 1968, ADC F-106 operations continued at Minot until ADC was deactivated in 1979 and became a part of Tactical Air Command as a subentity referred to as Tactical Air Command – Air Defense.