Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU), Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,589 miles (or 8,995 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 Grand Forks Air Force Base and Dario Guarita State Airport, 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 Grand Forks Air Force Base and Dario Guarita State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ARU / SBAU |
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Location: | Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°8'39"S by 50°25'35"W |
Area Served: | Araçatuba |
Operator/Owner: | DAESP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1361 feet (415 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ARU |
More Information: | ARU Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's 319th Air Base Wing.
- In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- 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 the interceptor squadrons, a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Grand Forks in 1958.
- On 1 November 1964, 321st Strategic Missile Wing was organized as the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile wing at GFAFB, the first in SAC.
- 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.
- On 26 May 1972, President Nixon and Soviet general secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty, which limited each nation to one site to protect strategic forces and one site to protect the "National Command Authority." With work about 85 percent complete at Grand Forks, the United States chose to finish construction at the North Dakota site.
Facts about Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU):
- Dario Guarita Airport was opened in 1991.
- Dario Guarita State Airport handled 160,571 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Dario Guarita State Airport (meaning Dario Guarita State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,095 miles (19,464 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
- The closest airport to Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU) is Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) ENE of ARU.
- In addition to being known as "Dario Guarita State Airport", another name for ARU is "Aeroporto Estadual Dario Guarita".
- Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU) currently has only 1 runway.