Nonstop flight route between Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC), Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,913 miles (or 9,516 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 Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves 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 Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport and Grand Forks Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC):

• In addition to being known as "Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport", another name for CFC is "Aeroporto Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves".
• The furthest airport from Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC) is Iejima Airport (IEJ), which is nearly antipodal to Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (meaning Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iejima Airport), and is located 12,358 miles (19,888 kilometers) away in Iejima, Japan.
• Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC) is Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) SW of CFC.

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".
• 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.
• 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.