Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada and Paris, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Airport (ZGF), Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Paris, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,810 miles (or 7,740 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 Grand Forks Airport and Paris Charles de Gaulle 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 Grand Forks Airport and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grand Forks Airport (ZGF):

• Grand Forks Airport (ZGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Grand Forks Airport (ZGF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,602 miles (17,062 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Grand Forks Airport (ZGF) is West Kootenay Regional Airport (YCG), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) ENE of ZGF.

Facts about Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG):

• RER B serves both CDG airport as well as northern suburbs of Paris.
• The closest airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) WSW of CDG.
• The passage between the third, fourth and fifth floors is done through a tangle of escalators arranged in the centre of the building.
• The Frutiger typeface was commissioned for use in the airport and implemented on signs throughout the building in 1975.
• Until 2005, every PA announcement made at Terminal 1 was preceded by a distinctive chime, nicknamed "Indicatif Roissy" and composed by Bernard Parmegiani in 1971.
• The completion of 750 m long Satellite 3 to the immediate east of Terminals 2E and 2F provides further jetways for large-capacity airliners, specifically the Airbus A380.
• Because of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Paris Charles de Gaulle 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.
• Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport handled 62,052,917 passengers last year.
• Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) has 4 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport", other names for CDG include "Aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle" and "Roissy Airport".
• The furthest airport from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (meaning Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,074 miles (19,432 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.