Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Evansville, Indiana, United States:
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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 Evansville Regional Airport (EVV), Evansville, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 846 miles (or 1,362 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 relatively short distance between Grand Forks Air Force Base and Evansville Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | EVV / KEVV |
| Airport Name: | Evansville Regional Airport |
| Location: | Evansville, Indiana, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°2'17"N by 87°31'50"W |
| Area Served: | Evansville, Indiana |
| Operator/Owner: | Evansville/Vanderburgh Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 418 feet (127 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from EVV |
| More Information: | EVV Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- 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 1 November 1964, 321st Strategic Missile Wing was organized as the Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile wing at GFAFB, the first in SAC.
- 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 the interceptor squadrons, a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Grand Forks in 1958.
- 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.
Facts about Evansville Regional Airport (EVV):
- The closest airport to Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) is Owensboro-Daviess County Airport (OWB), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) SE of EVV.
- The furthest airport from Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,144 miles (17,934 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Evansville Regional Airport covers 1,250 acres at an elevation of 418 feet above mean sea level.
- Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) has 3 runways.
- Evansville Regional Airport is a public airport three miles north of Evansville, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
- Interstate Airlines stopped at Evansville on their Chicago-Atlanta and St.
- Because of Evansville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 418 feet, planes can take off or land at Evansville Regional 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.
