Nonstop flight route between Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Rupsi, Meghalaya, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Rupsi Airport (RUP), Rupsi, Meghalaya, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,383 miles (or 11,882 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 Rupsi 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 Rupsi 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 early May 1953, the major construction on the base was completed, and SAC was able to use its long runway for strategic bomber operations.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• The base also received fighter aircraft to add realism to its training.
• During this time a tennant unit operated at the south end of the base.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
• Two years later, SAC's mission at MHAFB began to wind down as part of the phaseout of the B-47.
• 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.
• The pending assignment of the new RB-36 Peacemaker to the 5th SRW, along with the inadequacy of its World War II facilities to support the large aircraft led SAC to move the 5th SRW to Fairfield-Suisun AFB, California on 9 November 1949.

Facts about Rupsi Airport (RUP):

• The furthest airport from Rupsi Airport (RUP) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,257 miles (18,116 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
• Because of Rupsi Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Rupsi 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 closest airport to Rupsi Airport (RUP) is Cooch Behar Airport (COH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NNW of RUP.
• In addition to being known as "Rupsi Airport", another name for RUP is "रपीसी हवाई अड्डे".