Nonstop flight route between Pristina, Kosovo and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN), Pristina, Kosovo and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,146 miles (or 8,281 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 Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" 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 Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" 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 Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN):

• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" handled 1,628,678 passengers last year.
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" is located 18 km south west of Pristina and 3 km south of Slatina and no farther than 80 km from the other cities.
• Passengers who fly through Pristina International Airport have at their disposal all the services offered at other airports including 'duty free'.
• The closest airport to Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Skopje Airport (SKP), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of PRN.
• The furthest airport from Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,553 miles (18,593 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Airport traffic from PIA
• Pristina Airport was officially opened in 1965 by the Yugoslavian government.
• In addition to being known as "Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari"", other names for PRN include "Pristina International Airport", "Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Prishtinës "Adem Jashari"" and "Međunarodni Aerodrom Priština Adem Jašari".

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.
• During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command, with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.
• On 3 September 1974, the SAFSCOM Site Activation Team was relieved by the U.S.
• In October 1977, the PAR came under operational control of the USAF, which operated it thereafter as part of its early warning system.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
• 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.
• The 319th transitioned from B-52H to re-engined B-52G aircraft in 1983, and added the AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile in 1984.
• 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.