Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Parma, Italy:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Parma Airport (PMF), Parma, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,679 miles (or 7,530 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 Air Force Base and Parma 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 Air Force Base and Parma Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RDR / KRDR |
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Location: | Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°57'39"N by 97°24'3"W |
View all routes: | Routes from RDR |
More Information: | RDR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PMF / LIMP |
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Location: | Parma, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°49'19"N by 10°17'43"E |
Area Served: | Parma, Italy |
Operator/Owner: | Società Gestione Aeroporto Parma S.p.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 161 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PMF |
More Information: | PMF Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- With the restructuring of the Air Force and the disestablishment of SAC in 1992, the wing transferred to Air Combat Command, then came under Air Force Space Command in 1993.
- 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 addition to being known as "Grand Forks Air Force Base", another name for RDR is "Grand Forks AFB".
- During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command, with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles.
- 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.
- On 1 September 1958, the Strategic Air Command established the 4133d Strategic Wing at Grand Forks as part of its plan to disperse its B-52 heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet with a surprise first strike.
- Grand Forks Air Force Base was established on 1 December 1955, with construction beginning in the fall of that year.
- On 26 May 1972, President Nixon and Soviet general secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty, which limited each nation to one site to protect strategic forces and one site to protect the "National Command Authority." With work about 85 percent complete at Grand Forks, the United States chose to finish construction at the North Dakota site.
- The DC-11 SAGE blockhouse was later the headquarters of the SAC 321st Strategic Missile Wing.
Facts about Parma Airport (PMF):
- Parma Airport (PMF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Parma Airport (PMF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Parma Airport (meaning Parma Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,096 miles (19,466 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Parma Airport (PMF) is Piacenza-San Damiano Air Base (QPZ), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) WNW of PMF.
- In addition to being known as "Parma Airport", another name for PMF is "Aeroporto di Parma".
- Because of Parma Airport's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Parma 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.
- Parma Airport handled 177,807 passengers last year.