Nonstop flight route between Diebougou, Burkina Faso and Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Diébougou Airport (XDE), Diebougou, Burkina Faso and Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR), Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,316 miles (or 8,555 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 Diébougou Airport 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 Diébougou Airport and Gerald R. Ford International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XDE / DFOU |
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Location: | Diebougou, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°56'53"N by 3°14'59"W |
Area Served: | Diébougou |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 984 feet (300 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from XDE |
More Information: | XDE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRR / KGRR |
Airport Name: | Gerald R. Ford International Airport |
Location: | Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°52'50"N by 85°31'22"W |
Area Served: | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Operator/Owner: | Kent County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 794 feet (242 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from GRR |
More Information: | GRR Maps & Info |
Facts about Diébougou Airport (XDE):
- In addition to being known as "Diébougou Airport", another name for XDE is "Diébougou Airport (Diébougou)".
- The furthest airport from Diébougou Airport (XDE) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Diébougou Airport (meaning Diébougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,201 miles (19,635 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
- Because of Diébougou Airport's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Diébougou 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.
- Diébougou Airport (XDE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Diébougou Airport (XDE) is Gaoua Airport (XGA), which is located 39 miles (64 kilometers) S of XDE.
Facts about Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR):
- Route 17, Woodland/Airport, travels between the airport and Woodland Mall seven days a week.
- 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.
- When new baggage screening regulations were introduced by the Transportation Security Administration in 2002, the airport was one of the first in the nation to conduct trials on the new screening machines.
- 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.
- In 1997 the new 8,500-foot runway 17/35 was added to allow the airport to continue operations during the $32 million reconstruction of runway 8R/26L, completed in 2001.
- In April 2012 Frontier Airlines ended flights from Grand Rapids to Milwaukee.
- 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.
- Concourse A's tenants are Allegiant Air and Delta.
- Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) has 3 runways.