Nonstop flight route between Montague, California, United States and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Siskiyou County Airport (SIY), Montague, California, United States and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 680 miles (or 1,094 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 Siskiyou County Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Siskiyou County Airport (SIY):

• The furthest airport from Siskiyou County Airport (SIY) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,131 miles (17,914 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Siskiyou County Airport", other names for SIY include "Siskiyou County Air Force Auxiliary Airfield" and "Siskiyou County Army Air Field".
• On 1 May 1944, the Army Air Forces reassigned the airfield to the Chico Army Airfield.
• The closest airport to Siskiyou County Airport (SIY) is Montague Airport-Yreka Rohrer Field (RKC), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) SW of SIY.
• Siskiyou County Airport (SIY) currently has only 1 runway.
• By 15 January 1964, these squadrons were replaced by the 82d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron from Travis AFB.

Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• DC-20 was initially under the Great Falls Air Defense Sector, established on 1 March 1959.
• 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.
• After World War II ended Great Falls AAB assumed a support mission for military personnel assigned to Alaskan military installations.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• On 21 August 1954 the 407th SFW Vice Commander, Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom, died when his T-33 Shooting Star trainer crashed approximately one mile west of the Great Falls Municipal Airport.