Nonstop flight route between Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and San Pedro Sula, Honduras:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP), San Pedro Sula, Honduras would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,520 miles (or 4,056 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 Ramón Villeda Morales International 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 Ramón Villeda Morales International 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 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.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
• Crews started building the base in November 1942 and the new field officially opened on 7 August 1943.
• 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 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.
• Beginning in 1968, the 67th also conducted tactical fighter operations with the addition of a squadron of F-4D Phantom IIs.
• SAC moved its 9th Bombardment Wing to the base and began flying B-29 bombers and KB-29H refueling aircraft.
• Following the wing's return from Southwest Asia, the Air Force began consolidating its B-1 Lancer and KC-135 Stratotanker forces.

Facts about Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP):

• The airport resides at an elevation of 27 m above mean sea level.
• Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport", other names for SAP include "Aeropuerto Internacional Ramón Villeda Morales", "La Mesa International Airport" and "Aeropuerto de San Pedro Sula".
• A new terminal is expected to be completed by 2015, in line with the airport expansion program launched by InterAirports.
• Because of Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Ramón Villeda Morales International 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 Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (meaning Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,046 miles (19,386 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) is Golosón International Airport (LCE), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) ENE of SAP.
• Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport handled 742,000 passengers last year.