Nonstop flight route between Kasama, Zambia and Mountain Home, Idaho, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kasama Airport (KAA), Kasama, Zambia and Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO), Mountain Home, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,425 miles (or 15,168 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 Kasama 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 Kasama Airport and Mountain Home Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KAA / FLKS |
Airport Name: | Kasama Airport |
Location: | Kasama, Zambia |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°13'0"S by 31°7'59"E |
Area Served: | Kasama |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4542 feet (1,384 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from KAA |
More Information: | KAA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MUO / KMUO |
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Location: | Mountain Home, Idaho, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°2'36"N by 115°52'21"W |
View all routes: | Routes from MUO |
More Information: | MUO Maps & Info |
Facts about Kasama Airport (KAA):
- Kasama Airport (KAA) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Kasama Airport (KAA) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,662 miles (18,767 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Kasama Airport (KAA) is Mbala Airport (MMQ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) N of KAA.
- Because of Kasama Airport's high elevation of 4,542 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KAA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KAA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
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.
- 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.
- Instead of training B-17 crews, Mountain Home airmen began training crews for the B-24 Liberator.
- The base was placed in inactive status in October 1945.
- 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 air intervention composite wing's rapid transition from concept to reality began in October 1991 when Air Force redesignated the wing as the 366th Wing.
- The base remained inactive for over three years, until December 1948, when the newly independent U.S.
- 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.