Nonstop flight route between Yongzhou, Hunan, China and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF), Yongzhou, Hunan, China and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,996 miles (or 11,259 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 Yongzhou Lingling Airport and Grand Forks 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 Yongzhou Lingling Airport and Grand Forks 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: | LLF / ZGLG |
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Location: | Yongzhou, Hunan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°20'44"N by 111°36'43"E |
Area Served: | Yongzhou, Hunan, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LLF |
More Information: | LLF 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 Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF):
- The furthest airport from Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF) is Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR), which is nearly antipodal to Yongzhou Lingling Airport (meaning Yongzhou Lingling Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,878 kilometers) away in El Salvador, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Yongzhou Lingling Airport", other names for LLF include "永州零陵机场" and "Yǒngzhōu Línglíng Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF) is Hengyang Bajialing Airport (HNY), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) ENE of LLF.
- Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- In 1973, the 319th Bomb Wing acquired the AGM-69 Short Range Attack Missile, replacing the older AGM-28 Hound Dog air-to-ground missile aboard its B-52H aircraft.
- SAGE operations were extremely expansive and GFADS was inactivated on 1 December 1963, when it was merged with the Minot Air Defense Sector at Minot AFB to the west.
- 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.
- Grand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles west of Grand Forks.
- 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 addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- The DC-11 SAGE blockhouse was later the headquarters of the SAC 321st Strategic Missile Wing.
- 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.
- Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's 319th Air Base Wing.