Nonstop flight route between Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States and Nyköping, Sweden:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR), Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States and Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO), Nyköping, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,145 miles (or 6,670 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 Gerald R. Ford International Airport and Stockholm Skavsta 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 Gerald R. Ford International Airport and Stockholm Skavsta Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR):

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• Route 17, Woodland/Airport, travels between the airport and Woodland Mall seven days a week.
• The closest airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) is Park Township Airport (HLM), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) W of GRR.
• The furthest airport from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,165 miles (17,969 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• When new baggage screening regulations were introduced by the Transportation Security Administration in 2002, the airport was one of the first in the nation to conduct trials on the new screening machines.
• On January 27, 1977 Kent County Airport was renamed Kent County International Airport with the opening of a U.S.
• In April 2012 Frontier Airlines ended flights from Grand Rapids to Milwaukee.
• Because of Gerald R. Ford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 794 feet, planes can take off or land at Gerald R. Ford 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.
• Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) has 3 runways.
• In 1997 the new 8,500-foot runway 17/35 was added to allow the airport to continue operations during the $32 million reconstruction of runway 8R/26L, completed in 2001.

Facts about Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO):

• The furthest airport from Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,257 miles (18,116 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO) is Norrköping Airport (NRK), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) WSW of NYO.
• Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Stockholm Skavsta Airport", another name for NYO is "Stockholm Skavsta flygplats".
• Because of Stockholm Skavsta Airport's relatively low elevation of 140 feet, planes can take off or land at Stockholm Skavsta 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.