Nonstop flight route between Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia:
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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 El Trompillo Airport (SRZ), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,012 miles (or 8,067 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 El Trompillo 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 El Trompillo 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: | SRZ / SLET |
Airport Name: | El Trompillo Airport |
Location: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°48'41"S by 63°10'17"W |
Area Served: | Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 1371 feet (418 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SRZ |
More Information: | SRZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR):
- 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".
- The 319th transitioned from B-52H to re-engined B-52G aircraft in 1983, and added the AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile in 1984.
- 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.
- Survey teams selected sites in flat wheatlands close to the Canada-Minnesota border, north-northwest of Grand Forks.
- 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 18 February 1957, the 478th Fighter Group was activated at Grand Forks.
Facts about El Trompillo Airport (SRZ):
- The furthest airport from El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) is San Fernando Airport (SFE), which is nearly antipodal to El Trompillo Airport (meaning El Trompillo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Fernando Airport), and is located 12,193 miles (19,622 kilometers) away in San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines.
- The first airlines to use this airport were Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, known as LAB, and Panagra.
- El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) is Viru Viru International Airport (VVI), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of SRZ.
- Aerocon has its head office in Hangar 93.