Nonstop flight route between Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado, United States and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL), Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado, United States and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 641 miles (or 1,031 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 Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport and Grand Forks Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FNL / KFNL |
Airport Name: | Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport |
Location: | Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°27'6"N by 105°0'41"W |
Area Served: | Fort Collins / Loveland, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | Fort Collins & Loveland |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5016 feet (1,529 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FNL |
More Information: | FNL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RDR / KRDR |
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Location: | Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°57'39"N by 97°24'3"W |
View all routes: | Routes from RDR |
More Information: | RDR Maps & Info |
Facts about Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL):
- The airport was served by Allegiant Air until October 2012.
- FNL is jointly owned and operated by the two cities of Loveland and Fort Collins.
- The closest airport to Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL) is Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of FNL.
- The furthest airport from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,850 miles (17,462 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL) has 2 runways.
- Because of Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,016 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FNL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FNL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 31,094 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 31,079 enplanements in 2009, and 35,671 in 2010.
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- On 3 November 1967, the Department of Defense revealed that GFAFB was one of 10 initial locations to host a Sentinel Anti-Ballistic Missile site.
- In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command, with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.
- The furthest airport from Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,504 miles (16,904 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In October 1977, the PAR came under operational control of the USAF, which operated it thereafter as part of its early warning system.
- On 1 February 1993, ACC dropped the 319th Bomb Wing's primary nuclear mission and gave the wing the primary mission of B-1B conventional bombardment operations.
- Due to the continuance of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, GFAFB was originally an Air Defense Command fighter-interceptor air base.
- The closest airport to Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR) is Grand Forks International Airport (GFK), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) E of RDR.
- In 1971, the 18th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was inactivated and the 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron replaced the unit.
- Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's 319th Air Base Wing.