Nonstop flight route between San Antonio Oeste, Argentina and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES), San Antonio Oeste, Argentina and Grand Forks International Airport (GFK), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,437 miles (or 10,359 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 Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport and Grand Forks International 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 Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport and Grand Forks International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES):

• Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport is an airport serving San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina.
• The airport is named after the French author-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
• The furthest airport from Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport (ZQZ), which is nearly antipodal to Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (meaning Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhangjiakou Ningyuan Airport), and is located 12,435 miles (20,012 kilometers) away in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China.
• Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Antoine de Saint Exupéry 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 Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) E of OES.

Facts about Grand Forks International Airport (GFK):

• 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.
• Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) has 4 runways.
• 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.
• A unique attribute of KGFK is that it is the University of North Dakota’s Aerospace program.
• On October 3, 2012, United Airlines started flights between Denver, CO and Grand Forks, but on September 10, 2013 they announced they would end service on December 3, 2013 citing low loads.
• In the mid-2000s, discussion began of upgrading or totally replacing the terminal as it has structural and safety problems and leaves little to no room for expansion.
• Due to the increased amount of general aviation traffic, primarily from the UND Aerospace flight training school, a fourth runway has been completed on the southeast side of the airport.
• 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.