Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States:
Departure Airport:
![Get maps and more information about Grand Forks Air Force Base Get airport maps and more information about Grand Forks Air Force Base](images/takeoff-icon.gif)
Arrival Airport:
![Get maps and more information about Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport Get airport maps and more information about Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport](images/landing-icon.gif)
Distance from RDR to MWC:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- RDR Airport Information
- MWC Airport Information
- Facts about RDR
- Facts about MWC
- Map of Nearest Airports to RDR
- List of Nearest Airports to RDR
- Map of Furthest Airports from RDR
- List of Furthest Airports from RDR
- Map of Nearest Airports to MWC
- List of Nearest Airports to MWC
- Map of Furthest Airports from MWC
- List of Furthest Airports from MWC
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 563 miles (or 906 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 Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RDR / KRDR |
Airport Names: |
|
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: | MWC / KMWC |
Airport Name: | Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport |
Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°6'37"N by 88°2'3"W |
Area Served: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Operator/Owner: | Milwaukee County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 745 feet (227 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from MWC |
More Information: | MWC Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- During 1965, the wing’s three missile squadrons were activated and crew training and certification began at Vandenberg AFB in southern California.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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".
- Survey teams selected sites in flat wheatlands close to the Canada-Minnesota border, north-northwest of Grand Forks.
Facts about Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC):
- The airport was built in 1929 and dedicated on July 6, 1930, one of 25 such projects in U.S.
- The furthest airport from Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,041 miles (17,769 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport's relatively low elevation of 745 feet, planes can take off or land at Lawrence J. Timmerman 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.
- Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport (MWC) is Waukesha County Airport (UES), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) WSW of MWC.