Nonstop flight route between Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB), Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 504 miles (or 810 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 Austin Straubel International Airport 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: | GRB / KGRB |
| Airport Name: | Austin Straubel International Airport |
| Location: | Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°29'4"N by 88°7'46"W |
| Area Served: | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Operator/Owner: | Brown County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 695 feet (212 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GRB |
| More Information: | GRB 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 Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB):
- The furthest airport from Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,003 miles (17,707 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Austin Straubel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 695 feet, planes can take off or land at Austin Straubel 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.
- Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) has 2 runways.
- Austin Straubel International Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States.
- The closest airport to Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) is Outagamie County Regional Airport (ATW), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SW of GRB.
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- Grand Forks Air Force Base was established on 1 December 1955, with construction beginning in the fall of that year.
- 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.
- Following the departure of the last B-1B aircraft in 1994, the base transferred to the new Air Mobility Command and the 319th Bomb Wing was redesignated as the 319th Air Refueling Wing.
- 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.
- 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 addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- 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.
