Nonstop flight route between Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Navegantes Airport (NVT), Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,438 miles (or 10,361 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 Navegantes Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base, 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 Navegantes Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Navegantes Airport (NVT):

• Navegantes Airport (NVT) currently has only 1 runway.
• For passengers holding Azul or TAM tickets, the company offers free transportation to Blumenau and paid transportation to Camboriú.
• Navegantes Airport is the airport serving Navegantes, Brazil, as well as Itajaí, Camboriú, and Blumenau.
• The closest airport to Navegantes Airport (NVT) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NNW of NVT.
• Because of Navegantes Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Navegantes 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.
• In addition to being known as "Navegantes Airport", another name for NVT is "Aeroporto Internacional de Navegantes - Ministro Victor Konder".
• The furthest airport from Navegantes Airport (NVT) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is nearly antipodal to Navegantes Airport (meaning Navegantes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kitadaito Airport), and is located 12,372 miles (19,911 kilometers) away in Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• Upon completion of the B-17 training program, in October 1943, Great Falls Army Air Base was transferred to the Air Transport Command and units from Gore Field were transferred to the base.
• With the phaseout of the B-36 from the inventory in the late 1950s, the need for fighter escorts of SAC bombers was eliminated.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• DC-20 was initially under the Great Falls Air Defense Sector, established on 1 March 1959.
• The furthest airport from Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,495 miles (16,891 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA) is Great Falls International Airport (GTF), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) W of GFA.
• Great Falls became the temporary home of the 582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing on 1 May 1953 which was transferred from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.