Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,715 miles (or 4,369 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 Diego Jiménez Torres 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 Diego Jiménez Torres 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):

• 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.
• On 3 September 1974, the SAFSCOM Site Activation Team was relieved by the U.S.
• In 1971, the 18th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was inactivated and the 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron replaced the unit.
• Grand Forks Air Force Base was established on 1 December 1955, with construction beginning in the fall of that year.
• In March 1995, the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission selected the 321st Strategic Missile Wing for inactivation.
• In addition to the interceptor squadrons, a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Grand Forks in 1958.
• In 1973, the 319th Bomb Wing acquired the AGM-69 Short Range Attack Missile, replacing the older AGM-28 Hound Dog air-to-ground missile aboard its B-52H aircraft.
• 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.

Facts about Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ):

• In addition to being known as "Diego Jiménez Torres Airport", other names for FAJ include "Fajardo Airport" and "X95".
• Diego Jiménez Torres Airport is a public use airport owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Fajardo, a city in Puerto Rico.
• The furthest airport from Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (meaning Diego Jiménez Torres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,247 miles (19,709 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) is Humacao Airport (HUC), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of FAJ.
• Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Diego Jiménez Torres Airport's relatively low elevation of 64 feet, planes can take off or land at Diego Jiménez Torres 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.