Nonstop flight route between Guiyang, Guizhou, China and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE), Guiyang, Guizhou, China and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,075 miles (or 11,385 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 Guiyang Longdongbao International 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 Guiyang Longdongbao International 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 Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE):

• In addition to being known as "Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport", other names for KWE include "贵阳龙洞堡国际机场" and "Guìyáng Lóngdòngbǎo Guójì Jīchǎng".
• in 2011, Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport was the 25th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China with 7,339,229 passengers.
• Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Guiyang Longdongbao Airport was opened on May 28, 1997 and adopted its current name on Jan 19, 2006.
• The closest airport to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE) is Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA), which is located 61 miles (97 kilometers) WSW of KWE.
• The furthest airport from Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (meaning Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,276 miles (19,756 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
• Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport handled 7,339,229 passengers last year.

Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):

• 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.
• On 1 November 1964, 321st Strategic Missile Wing was organized as the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile wing at GFAFB, the first in SAC.
• Opened 57 years ago in early 1957, the base's current host unit is the 319th Air Base Wing assigned to the Expeditionary Center of the Air Mobility Command.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
• In addition to the interceptor squadrons, a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Grand Forks in 1958.
• 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.
• Grand Forks Air Force Base was established on 1 December 1955, with construction beginning in the fall of that year.
• Grand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles west of 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.