Nonstop flight route between Batam, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH), Batam, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,807 miles (or 14,174 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 Hang Nadim International 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 Hang Nadim International 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:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH):

• Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Hang Nadim International Airport (meaning Hang Nadim International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,872 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• The closest airport to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) is Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NNW of BTH.
• Hang Nadim Airport, also known as Hang Nadim International Airport, is located in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Hang Nadim International Airport", other names for BTH include "Bandar Udara Internasional Hang Nadim" and "WIKB".
• Because of Hang Nadim International Airport's relatively low elevation of 126 feet, planes can take off or land at Hang Nadim International 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.
• Port Taxi is the taxi operating in the airport.

Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):

• 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.
• 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.
• With the restructuring of the Air Force and the disestablishment of SAC in 1992, the wing transferred to Air Combat Command, then came under Air Force Space Command in 1993.
• In October 1977, the PAR came under operational control of the USAF, which operated it thereafter as part of its early warning system.
• 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.
• 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.