Nonstop flight route between Torrance, California, United States and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip (TOA), Torrance, California, United States and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,459 miles (or 2,347 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 Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip and Grand Forks Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip (TOA):

• The closest airport to Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip (TOA) is Compton/Woodley Airport (CPM), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NE of TOA.
• The helipad for a neighboring hospital, the Torrance Medical Center, is at the north-west corner of the airfield.
• The furthest airport from Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip (TOA) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,494 miles (18,498 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Zamperini Field is a city-owned public airport three miles southwest of downtown Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
• The airport, one of the busiest general aviation airports in the state and once known as Torrance Municipal Airport, was renamed for local sports and war hero Louis Zamperini.
• Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip (TOA) has 2 runways.
• Because of Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Zamperini FieldLomita Landing Strip 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.

Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):

• 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".
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Mobility Command's 319th Air Base Wing.