Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Berlin, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks International Airport (GFK), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,399 miles (or 7,079 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 Grand Forks International Airport and Berlin Schönefeld Airport, 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 Grand Forks International Airport and Berlin Schönefeld Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grand Forks International Airport (GFK):

• KGFK is a non-hub, primary commercial service airport.
• GFK Flight Support, the fixed base operator at the airport, completed construction of a new $4.5 million facility in Fall 2008.
• Because of Grand Forks International Airport's relatively low elevation of 845 feet, planes can take off or land at Grand Forks 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.
• The furthest airport from Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,514 miles (16,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The new passenger terminal, designed by JLG Architects, is a two story building, with Delta and Allegiant ticketing counters, baggage claim carousel, and several rental car agencies.
• The closest airport to Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) is Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) W of GFK.
• The consulting group recommended that a brand new passenger terminal would the best solution to the current terminal's problems.
• Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) has 4 runways.

Facts about Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF):

• The furthest airport from Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,688 miles (18,810 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Berlin Schönefeld Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Schönefeld 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.
• The closest airport to Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) is Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NW of SXF.
• In addition to being known as "Berlin Schönefeld Airport", other names for SXF include "Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld" and "EDDB, ETBS".
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport handled 709,727 passengers last year.
• Following German reunification in 1990, operating three separate airports became increasingly cost prohibitive, leading the Berlin legislature to pursue a single airport that would be more efficient and would decrease the amount of aircraft noise from the airport within the city.
• The new airport will share only one runway with the existing one – the current runway will become the north runway of the new airport.
• Berlin Schönefeld Airport ) is an international airport located near the town of Schönefeld in Brandenburg, directly at the southern border of Berlin and 18 km southeast of the city centre.
• Between 1947 and 1990, Schönefeld airport was renamed on several occasions and finally became the main airport of the DDR.
• The head office of Private Wings is located in the General Aviation Terminal on the property of Schönefeld Airport.
• Terminal D was opened in December 2005 due to rapidly growing passenger numbers.