Nonstop flight route between Eqalugaarsuit, Greenland and Mountain Home, Idaho, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eqalugaarsuit Heliport (QFG), Eqalugaarsuit, Greenland and Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,050 miles (or 4,908 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 Eqalugaarsuit Heliport and Mountain Home 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 Eqalugaarsuit Heliport and Mountain Home 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 Eqalugaarsuit Heliport (QFG):

• The closest airport to Eqalugaarsuit Heliport (QFG) is Saarloq Heliport (QOQ), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SSW of QFG.
• The furthest airport from Eqalugaarsuit Heliport (QFG) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 11,086 miles (17,842 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• Because of Eqalugaarsuit Heliport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Eqalugaarsuit Heliport 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.

Facts about Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO):

• 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.
• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
• 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.
• 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.
• Operations continued unchanged for several years.
• The first F-111F entered service with the 347th TFW in January 1972.
• Senator George McGovern was a pilot in the USAAF, and did his second stage of B-24 training here.