Nonstop flight route between Brescia, Italy and Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (VBS), Brescia, Italy and Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR), Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,449 miles (or 7,159 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 Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio and Gerald R. Ford International 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 Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio and Gerald R. Ford International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (VBS):

• Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (VBS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio handled 22,669 passengers last year.
• Because of Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio's relatively low elevation of 356 feet, planes can take off or land at Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio 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 Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (VBS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (meaning Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,085 miles (19,449 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio", another name for VBS is "Aeroporto di Brescia-Montichiari".
• Passenger Traffic has collapsed from strong year on year growth 2007-2008 leading to a throughput of almost 35,000 passengers a month in June 2008 to only 311 passengers in all of June 2013, a drop of 99.9% in 5 years.
• The closest airport to Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (VBS) is Verona Airport (VRN), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) E of VBS.

Facts about Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR):

• In April 2012 Frontier Airlines ended flights from Grand Rapids to Milwaukee.
• The airport is at the intersection of 44th Street and Patterson Avenue.
• Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,165 miles (17,969 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
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• In 1959 construction began on the present airport in Cascade Township, several miles east of the original one.
• Because of Gerald R. Ford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 794 feet, planes can take off or land at Gerald R. Ford International 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 closest airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) is Park Township Airport (HLM), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) W of GRR.