Nonstop flight route between Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW), Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,016 miles (or 1,635 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 relatively short distance between Mountain Home Air Force Base and Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO):

• 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.
• Senator George McGovern was a pilot in the USAAF, and did his second stage of B-24 training here.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• The host unit at Mountain Home since 1972 has been the 366th Fighter Wing of the Air Combat Command, nicknamed the "Gunfighters." The base's primary mission is to provide combat airpower and combat support capabilities to respond to and sustain worldwide contingency operations.
• SAC moved its 9th Bombardment Wing to the base and began flying B-29 bombers and KB-29H refueling aircraft.
• Before the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing's arrival at Mountain Home, the 389th, 390th, and 391st Tactical Fighter Squadrons had returned from South Vietnam, joined the 347th, and began converting to F-111A aircraft.
• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.

Facts about Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW):

• The furthest airport from Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,623 miles (17,096 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• Because of Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water 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 Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW) is Prince Rupert Airport (YPR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of ZSW.