Nonstop flight route between Tamanrasset, Algeria and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR), Tamanrasset, Algeria and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,620 miles (or 9,044 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 Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport and Grand Forks Air Force Base, 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 Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport and Grand Forks Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TMR / DAAT |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Tamanrasset, Algeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°48'39"N by 5°27'2"E |
Area Served: | Tamanrasset, Algeria |
Operator/Owner: | EGSA Alger |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4518 feet (1,377 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TMR |
More Information: | TMR Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
View all routes: | Routes from RDR |
More Information: | RDR Maps & Info |
Facts about Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR):
- In addition to being known as "Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport", other names for TMR include "Tamanrasset Airport (Aguenar)" and "Aéroport de Tamanrasset / Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok".
- The closest airport to Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) is In Guezzam Airport (INF), which is located 225 miles (363 kilometers) S of TMR.
- Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (TMR) is Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU), which is nearly antipodal to Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport (meaning Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fuaʻamotu International Airport), and is located 12,322 miles (19,830 kilometers) away in Nukuʻalofa, Tongatapu, Tonga.
- Because of Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport's high elevation of 4,518 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TMR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TMR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- In October 1977, the PAR came under operational control of the USAF, which operated it thereafter as part of its early warning system.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.