Nonstop flight route between Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Polyarny, Yakutia, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Polyarny Airport (PYJ), Polyarny, Yakutia, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,460 miles (or 7,178 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 Polyarny 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 Polyarny 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):

• 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.
• The base also received fighter aircraft to add realism to its training.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• 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.
• SAC moved its 9th Bombardment Wing to the base and began flying B-29 bombers and KB-29H refueling aircraft.
• In November 1965 TAC began to activate elements of its new 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Mountain Home, formally activating the wing on 1 January 1966.
• Crews started building the base in November 1942 and the new field officially opened on 7 August 1943.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
• Instead of training B-17 crews, Mountain Home airmen began training crews for the B-24 Liberator.

Facts about Polyarny Airport (PYJ):

• Polyarny Airport (PYJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Polyarny Airport (PYJ) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is nearly antipodal to Polyarny Airport (meaning Polyarny Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport), and is located 12,041 miles (19,378 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• The closest airport to Polyarny Airport (PYJ) is Olenyok Airport (ONK), which is located 145 miles (234 kilometers) N of PYJ.
• In addition to being known as "Polyarny Airport", another name for PYJ is "Аэропорт Полярный".