Nonstop flight route between Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,544 miles (or 8,922 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 Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) 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 Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) 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: | SSA / SBSV |
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Location: | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°54'30"S by 38°19'20"W |
Area Served: | Salvador da Bahia |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 64 feet (20 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SSA |
More Information: | SSA 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 Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA):
- The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation.
- The furthest airport from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is nearly antipodal to Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (meaning Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guam International Airport), and is located 12,223 miles (19,671 kilometers) away in Hagåtña, Guam.
- Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) handled 8,589,663 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) is Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS), which is located 140 miles (225 kilometers) SSW of SSA.
- Because of Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)'s relatively low elevation of 64 feet, planes can take off or land at Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) 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.
- Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)", another name for SSA is "Aeroporto Internacional de Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (2 de Julho)".
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- The 319th transitioned from B-52H to re-engined B-52G aircraft in 1983, and added the AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile in 1984.
- 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.
- Opened 57 years ago in early 1957, the base's current host unit is the 319th Air Base Wing assigned to the Expeditionary Center of the Air Mobility Command.
- The DC-11 SAGE blockhouse was later the headquarters of the SAC 321st Strategic Missile Wing.
- Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's 319th Air Base Wing.
- 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.
- 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.