Nonstop flight route between Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada and Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM), Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada and Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR), Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,048 miles (or 1,687 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 Greater Moncton International Airport and Gerald R. Ford International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM):

• During the 1940s, civilian air services expanded and became available servicing Montreal, Halifax, Charlottetown, Sydney, Saint John, Fredericton and Newfoundland.
• In May 2001, the new, state-of-the-art international air terminal was completed and officially opened in 2002 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
• GMIA is home to the Moncton Flight College, the largest flight college in Canada.
• Because of Greater Moncton International Airport's relatively low elevation of 232 feet, planes can take off or land at Greater Moncton 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.
• Greater Moncton International Airport handled 615,085 passengers last year.
• In 1936, Transport Canada and the local government discussed the possibility of the construction of an airport suitable for trans-Canadian routes.
• Further expansion in 1964 brought many changes to the airport including an air traffic control tower and a new operations building.
• The furthest airport from Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,654 miles (18,755 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) has 2 runways.
• Both FedEx Express and Purolator Courier also have large hangars at the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Greater Moncton International Airport", another name for YQM is "Moncton/Greater Moncton International Airport".
• The closest airport to Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) is Summerside Airport (YSU), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) ENE of YQM.

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

• 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.
• Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) has 3 runways.
• Metro Cab and Metro Cars provides taxi and luxury sedan service and several car rental agencies operate rental counters in the airport.
• The first scheduled air service in the United States was between Grand Rapids and Detroit on a Ford-Stout monoplane named Miss Grand Rapids, which started July 26, 1926.
• 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.
• Route 17, Woodland/Airport, travels between the airport and Woodland Mall seven days a week.
• 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.