Nonstop flight route between Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil and Great Falls, Montana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT), Porto Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil and Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA), Great Falls, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,717 miles (or 7,591 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 Porto de Trombetas 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 Porto de Trombetas Airport and Malmstrom Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT):

• The closest airport to Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Júlio Belém Airport (PIN), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SSW of TMT.
• Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT) is Jalaluddin Airport (GTO), which is nearly antipodal to Porto de Trombetas Airport (meaning Porto de Trombetas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jalaluddin Airport), and is located 12,359 miles (19,889 kilometers) away in Gorontalo, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Porto de Trombetas Airport", another name for TMT is "Aeroporto de Porto Trombetas".
• Because of Porto de Trombetas Airport's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto de Trombetas 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.

Facts about Malmstrom Air Force Base (GFA):

• In addition to being known as "Malmstrom Air Force Base", another name for GFA is "Malmstrom AFB".
• Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union increased dramatically when the Soviet Union closed all land travel between the western occupation sectors of Germany and the American, French and British sectors of Berlin.
• Aircraft shipments to the Soviet Union stopped in September 1945, when World War II ended, with approximately 8,000 aircraft having been processed in a 21-month period.
• 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 played a major aerial defense role in North American air defense mission.
• The North American Aerospace Defense Command was created in 1957.
• In November 1942, a survey team evaluated an area near the Green Mill Dance Club and Rainbow Dam Road approximately six miles east of Great Falls.