Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Zielona Góra, Poland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), Zielona Góra, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,483 miles (or 7,215 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 Zielona Góra-Babimost 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 Zielona Góra-Babimost 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 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.
• During 1965, the wing’s three missile squadrons were activated and crew training and certification began at Vandenberg AFB in southern California.
• 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.
• During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command, with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
• 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.
• Survey teams selected sites in flat wheatlands close to the Canada-Minnesota border, north-northwest of Grand Forks.
• 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.

Facts about Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG):

• The furthest airport from Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,631 miles (18,718 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The idea of attracting international traffic, in the form of cargo flights, for the region of western Wielkopolska and Lubusz Land has resulted in a signed agreement between the local government and the management, but nothing concrete came of that yet.
• Because of Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Zielona Góra-Babimost 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.
• There exists a railroad spur next to the terminal that can be used for passenger service.
• Zielona Góra Airport is a regional airport located within the greater Zielona Góra agglomeration in western Poland.
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport handled 12,276 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) is Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ENE of IEG.
• In addition to being known as "Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport", another name for IEG is "Port Lotniczy Zielona Góra-Babimost".
• Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) currently has only 1 runway.