Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Conceição do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ), Conceição do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,868 miles (or 7,834 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 Conceição do Araguaia 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 Conceição do Araguaia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):

• 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.
• In October 1977, the PAR came under operational control of the USAF, which operated it thereafter as part of its early warning system.
• With the restructuring of the Air Force and the disestablishment of SAC in 1992, the wing transferred to Air Combat Command, then came under Air Force Space Command in 1993.
• 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.
• On 18 February 1957, the 478th Fighter Group was activated at Grand Forks.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
• SAGE operations were extremely expansive and GFADS was inactivated on 1 December 1963, when it was merged with the Minot Air Defense Sector at Minot AFB to the west.
• The DC-11 SAGE blockhouse was later the headquarters of the SAC 321st Strategic Missile Wing.

Facts about Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ):

• In addition to being known as "Conceição do Araguaia Airport", another name for CDJ is "Aeroporto de Conceição do Araguaia".
• Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ) is Xinguara Airport (XIG), which is located 98 miles (158 kilometers) NNW of CDJ.
• Because of Conceição do Araguaia Airport's relatively low elevation of 653 feet, planes can take off or land at Conceição do Araguaia 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 furthest airport from Conceição do Araguaia Airport (CDJ) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is nearly antipodal to Conceição do Araguaia Airport (meaning Conceição do Araguaia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,577 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.