Nonstop flight route between La Môle / Saint-Tropez, France and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT), La Môle / Saint-Tropez, France and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,627 miles (or 7,446 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 La Môle – Saint-Tropez 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 La Môle – Saint-Tropez 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 La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT):

• The terminal can handle up to 40,000 passengers per year.
• Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur announced July 26, 2013 it has acquired 99.9% of shares of AGST, previously owned by the Reybier group for the past 15 years
• La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT) is Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) WSW of LTT.
• The airport is at an elevation of 59 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport", another name for LTT is "Aéroport de La Môle – Saint-Tropez".
• Because of La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at La Môle – Saint-Tropez 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 2006, it handled 7,197 passenger flights, including 5,847 international and 6,898 freight movements.
• The furthest airport from La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (meaning La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,284 miles (19,769 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Survey teams selected sites in flat wheatlands close to the Canada-Minnesota border, north-northwest of Grand Forks.
• During 1965, the wing’s three missile squadrons were activated and crew training and certification began at Vandenberg AFB in southern California.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".