Nonstop flight route between Big Piney, Wyoming, United States and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Miley Memorial Field (BPI), Big Piney, Wyoming, United States and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 720 miles (or 1,158 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 Miley Memorial Field 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: | BPI / KBPI |
Airport Name: | Miley Memorial Field |
Location: | Big Piney, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°35'6"N by 110°6'39"W |
Area Served: | Big Piney / Marbleton, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | Big Piney-Marbleton Airport Board |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6990 feet (2,131 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BPI |
More Information: | BPI 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 Miley Memorial Field (BPI):
- Miley Memorial Field (BPI) has 2 runways.
- Because of Miley Memorial Field's high elevation of 6,990 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BPI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BPI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Miley Memorial Field (BPI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,814 miles (17,404 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Miley Memorial Field (BPI) is Ralph Wenz Field (PWY), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) NE of BPI.
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The 4133d SW was redesignated as the 319th Bombardment Wing on 1 February 1963 in a name-only redesigation and was assigned to SAC's Second Air Force, 810th Strategic Aerospace Division.
- In May 2005, DoD's 2005 BRAC recommended GFAFB for realignment.
- 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".