Nonstop flight route between Bearskin Lake, Ontario, Canada and Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE), Bearskin Lake, Ontario, Canada and Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 499 miles (or 802 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 Bearskin Lake Airport 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 Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE):

• Because of Bearskin Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 800 feet, planes can take off or land at Bearskin Lake 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.
• In addition to being known as "Bearskin Lake Airport", another name for XBE is "CNE3".
• Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,559 miles (16,993 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE) is Muskrat Dam Airport (MSA), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) SW of XBE.

Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):

• In addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
• On 18 February 1957, the 478th Fighter Group was activated at Grand Forks.
• On 3 September 1974, the SAFSCOM Site Activation Team was relieved by the U.S.
• Following the departure of the last B-1B aircraft in 1994, the base transferred to the new Air Mobility Command and the 319th Bomb Wing was redesignated as the 319th Air Refueling Wing.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.