Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Cà Mau Province, Vietnam:
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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 Cà Mau Airport (CAH), Cà Mau Province, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,255 miles (or 13,284 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 Cà Mau 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 Cà Mau 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: | CAH / VVCM |
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Location: | Cà Mau Province, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°10'32"N by 105°10'45"E |
Area Served: | Cà Mau |
Operator/Owner: | Southern Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CAH |
More Information: | CAH Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- 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 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 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.
- 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.
- During 1965, the wing’s three missile squadrons were activated and crew training and certification began at Vandenberg AFB in southern California.
- In addition to the interceptor squadrons, a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Grand Forks in 1958.
- Survey teams selected sites in flat wheatlands close to the Canada-Minnesota border, north-northwest of Grand Forks.
Facts about Cà Mau Airport (CAH):
- On 30 April 1995, this airport revived the civil flight with an AN 2 VF808.
- The furthest airport from Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Cà Mau Airport (meaning Cà Mau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,922 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
- Because of Cà Mau Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Cà Mau 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.
- Cà Mau Airport is a small airport in Cà Mau Province, the most southern part of Vietnam.
- In addition to being known as "Cà Mau Airport", another name for CAH is "Sân bay Cà Mau".
- Cà Mau Airport (CAH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is Rach Gia Airport (VKG), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) N of CAH.