Nonstop flight route between Yurimaguas, Peru and Mountain Home, Idaho, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS), Yurimaguas, Peru and Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,197 miles (or 6,754 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 Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport 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 Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport 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 Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS):

• In addition to being known as "Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport", another name for YMS is "Aeropuerto Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo".
• Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS) is Kerteh Airport (KTE), which is nearly antipodal to Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (meaning Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kerteh Airport), and is located 12,341 miles (19,861 kilometers) away in Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia.
• The closest airport to Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS) is Juanjuí Airport (JJI), which is located 98 miles (157 kilometers) SSW of YMS.
• Because of Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport's relatively low elevation of 587 feet, planes can take off or land at Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo 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 Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO):

• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
• Mountain Home AFB is the home of the 366th Fighter Wing, which reports to Air Combat Command.
• Two years later, SAC's mission at MHAFB began to wind down as part of the phaseout of the B-47.
• Instead of training B-17 crews, Mountain Home airmen began training crews for the B-24 Liberator.
• 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.
• 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.
• About 1985, Air Force Materiel Command activated the 776th Radar Squadron at Bangor ANGB.
• With the move of the RF-4Cs to Bergstrom, TAC activated its 347th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home, which has been phased down by PACAF at Yokota AB, Japan in May 1971.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• The base remained inactive for over three years, until December 1948, when the newly independent U.S.
• In 1959, construction of three HGM-25A Titan I missile sites began in the local area.
• 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.