Nonstop flight route between Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Kandi, Benin:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Kandi Airport (KDC), Kandi, Benin would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,071 miles (or 11,379 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 Mountain Home Air Force Base and Kandi Airport, 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 Mountain Home Air Force Base and Kandi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• 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.
• ARCS formed the 580th, 581st, and 582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wings at the base, equipping with wings with C-119 Flying Boxcar, B-29 Superfortress, and SA-16 Albatross aircraft and trained to support covert special operations.
• The air intervention composite wing's rapid transition from concept to reality began in October 1991 when Air Force redesignated the wing as the 366th Wing.
• 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.
• Mountain Home AFB is the home of the 366th Fighter Wing, which reports to Air Combat Command.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• In September 1966, the wing's 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron transferred to the 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam.

Facts about Kandi Airport (KDC):

• In addition to being known as "Kandi Airport", another name for KDC is "Kandi Airport (Kandi)".
• The closest airport to Kandi Airport (KDC) is Diapaga Airport (DIP), which is located 101 miles (162 kilometers) NW of KDC.
• Because of Kandi Airport's relatively low elevation of 958 feet, planes can take off or land at Kandi 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 Kandi Airport (KDC) is Wallis Island (WLS), which is nearly antipodal to Kandi Airport (meaning Kandi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wallis Island), and is located 12,279 miles (19,761 kilometers) away in Wallis and Futuna Islands.
• Kandi Airport (KDC) currently has only 1 runway.