Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Gualeguaychú Airport (GHU), Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,087 miles (or 9,797 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 Gualeguaychú 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 Gualeguaychú 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.
• 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.
• 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".
• The DC-11 SAGE blockhouse was later the headquarters of the SAC 321st Strategic Missile Wing.
• On 1 February 1993, ACC dropped the 319th Bomb Wing's primary nuclear mission and gave the wing the primary mission of B-1B conventional bombardment operations.
• In 1971, the 18th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was inactivated and the 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron replaced the unit.
• 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 Gualeguaychú Airport (GHU):

• The closest airport to Gualeguaychú Airport (GHU) is Tydeo Larre Borges International Airport (PDU), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) NE of GHU.
• Because of Gualeguaychú Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Gualeguaychú 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.
• Gualeguaychú Airport (GHU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Gualeguaychú Airport (GHU) is Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Gualeguaychú Airport (meaning Gualeguaychú Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yancheng Nanyang Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,896 kilometers) away in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
• In addition to being known as "Gualeguaychú Airport", another name for GHU is "Aeropuerto de Gualeguaychú".