Nonstop flight route between Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada and Mountain Home, Idaho, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI), Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada and Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,235 miles (or 3,597 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 Rivière-du-Loup Airport and Mountain Home Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI):

• The furthest airport from Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,473 miles (18,463 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Rivière-du-Loup Airport's relatively low elevation of 426 feet, planes can take off or land at Rivière-du-Loup 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.
• The closest airport to Rivière-du-Loup Airport (YRI) is Charlevoix Airport (YML), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WSW of YRI.

Facts about Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO):

• Instead of training B-17 crews, Mountain Home airmen began training crews for the B-24 Liberator.
• The base remained inactive for over three years, until December 1948, when the newly independent U.S.
• In September 1966, the wing's 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron transferred to the 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam.
• In November 1965 TAC began to activate elements of its new 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Mountain Home, formally activating the wing on 1 January 1966.
• In addition to being known as "Mountain Home Air Force Base", another name for MUO is "Mountain Home AFB".
• The first F-111F entered service with the 347th TFW in January 1972.
• 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.
• During this time a tennant unit operated at the south end of the base.
• The closest airport to Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO) is Boise Airport (BOI), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NNW of MUO.
• Part of the base is a census-designated place.
• The base also received fighter aircraft to add realism to its training.
• 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.