Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,776 miles (or 7,686 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 Grand Forks Air Force Base and Brigadeiro Camarão 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 Grand Forks Air Force Base and Brigadeiro Camarão Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RDR / KRDR |
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Location: | Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°57'39"N by 97°24'3"W |
View all routes: | Routes from RDR |
More Information: | RDR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BVH / SBVH |
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Location: | Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°41'39"S by 60°5'49"W |
Area Served: | Vilhena |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2018 feet (615 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BVH |
More Information: | BVH Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- On 18 February 1957, the 478th Fighter Group was activated at 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.
- Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's 319th Air Base Wing.
- 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.
- During 1965, the wing’s three missile squadrons were activated and crew training and certification began at Vandenberg AFB in southern California.
- In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH):
- In addition to being known as "Brigadeiro Camarão Airport", another name for BVH is "Aeroporto Brigadeiro Camarão".
- Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) is Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU), which is nearly antipodal to Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (meaning Brigadeiro Camarão Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco B. Reyes Airport), and is located 12,395 miles (19,948 kilometers) away in Coron, Palawan, Philippines.
- The closest airport to Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) is Juína Airport (JIA), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) NE of BVH.