Nonstop flight route between Caransebeş, Romania and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Caransebeș Airport (CSB), Caransebeş, Romania and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,027 miles (or 8,090 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 Caransebeș 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 Caransebeș 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 Caransebeș Airport (CSB):

• Caransebeș Airport (CSB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Caransebeș Airport (CSB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,512 miles (18,527 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Caransebeș Airport's relatively low elevation of 864 feet, planes can take off or land at Caransebeș 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.
• In addition to being known as "Caransebeș Airport", another name for CSB is "Aeroportul Caransebeș".
• The closest airport to Caransebeș Airport (CSB) is Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR), which is located 52 miles (83 kilometers) WNW of CSB.

Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):

• On 1 November 1964, 321st Strategic Missile Wing was organized as the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile wing at GFAFB, the first in SAC.
• On 18 February 1957, the 478th Fighter Group was activated at Grand Forks.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".