Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and New Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas:
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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 New Bight Airport (NET), New Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,027 miles (or 3,261 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 New Bight 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 |
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More Information: | RDR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NET / MYCB |
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Location: | New Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°18'55"N by 75°27'7"W |
Area Served: | New Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NET |
More Information: | NET Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- 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.
- 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.
- With the restructuring of the Air Force and the disestablishment of SAC in 1992, the wing transferred to Air Combat Command, then came under Air Force Space Command in 1993.
- SAGE operations were extremely expansive and GFADS was inactivated on 1 December 1963, when it was merged with the Minot Air Defense Sector at Minot AFB to the west.
- On 3 September 1974, the SAFSCOM Site Activation Team was relieved by the U.S.
- 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.
- 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 New Bight Airport (NET):
- Because of New Bight Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at New Bight 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.
- The furthest airport from New Bight Airport (NET) is Carnarvon Airport (CVQ), which is located 11,862 miles (19,091 kilometers) away in Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia.
- New Bight Airport (NET) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to New Bight Airport (NET) is New Bight Airport (TBI), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of NET.
- In addition to being known as "New Bight Airport", another name for NET is "TBI".