Nonstop flight route between Melangguane, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Melangguane Airport (MNA), Melangguane, North Sulawesi, Indonesia and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,454 miles (or 11,995 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 Melangguane 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 Melangguane 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 Melangguane Airport (MNA):

• In addition to being known as "Melangguane Airport", another name for MNA is "Bandara Melonguane".
• The furthest airport from Melangguane Airport (MNA) is Altamira Airport (ATM), which is nearly antipodal to Melangguane Airport (meaning Melangguane Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Altamira Airport), and is located 12,346 miles (19,869 kilometers) away in Altamira, Pará, Brazil.
• Because of Melangguane Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Melangguane 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.
• Melangguane Airport (MNA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Melangguane Airport (MNA) is Naha Airport (NAH), which is located 82 miles (132 kilometers) WSW of MNA.

Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• By 1954, several aircraft control and warning squadrons had been formed at the base.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• With the phaseout of the B-36 from the inventory in the late 1950s, the need for fighter escorts of SAC bombers was eliminated.
• 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.
• Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union increased dramatically when the Soviet Union closed all land travel between the western occupation sectors of Germany and the American, French and British sectors of Berlin.
• Great Falls AAB was assigned to II Bomber Command, Second Air Force.
• 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.