North Dakota
Grand Forks
Mekinock Township

Grand Forks Air Force Base

Grand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern , located north of and 16 miles west of .
Tap on a place
to explore it
grandforks.af.mil
Wikipedia
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: military base in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: “Grand Forks AFB”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emerado and Mekinock.

Village
Photo: Andrew Filer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in , , United States located near Grand Forks Air Force Base. It is part of the ", - Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Greater Grand Forks".

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern , , United States. It lies northwest of the city of , the county seat of Grand Forks County.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small township in the , in the northeastern area of . Its population is about 150 people.

Grand Forks Air Force Base

Latitude
47.96248° or 47° 57′ 45″ north
Longitude
-97.39901° or 97° 23′ 56″ west
Elevation
902 feet (275 metres)
Operator
US Air Force
IATA airport code
RDR
ICAO airport code
KRDR
FAA airport code
RDR
United Nations Location Code
US RDR
Open location code
86V4XJ62+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1057653582
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
8481822
Wiki­data ID
Q2577056
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Grand Forks Air Force Base from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Grand Forks Air Force Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • Chinese: “Grand Forks AFB”
  • Chinese: “大福克斯空軍基地”
  • Czech: “Letecká základna Grand Forks”
  • Dutch: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • French: “base aérienne de Grand Forks”
  • French: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • French: “RDR”
  • German: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • Gilaki: “گرند فؤرکس ٚ هأوايي پایگاه (کلسيايي داکؤتا)”
  • Gilaki: “گرند فؤرکس ٚ هأوايي نيرۊ پایگاه”
  • Italian: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • Japanese: “グランドフォークスAFB”
  • Japanese: “グランドフォークス空軍基地”
  • Ladin: “Grand Forks AFB (North Dakota)”
  • Ladin: “Grand Forks AFB”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grand Forks AFB”
  • Navajo: “Łichíʼí Biih Yílį́įdi siláołtsooí bichidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • Norwegian: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی گرند فرک”
  • Portuguese: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • Serbian: “Ваздухопловна база Гранд Форкс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grand Forks Air Force Base”
  • Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Grand Forks”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво грнд фрк”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Гранд Форкс”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Grand Forks Air Force Base”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Honeyford and Kelly.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grand Forks Air Force Base and Fire Department.

North Dakota: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Bismarck, Fargo, Minot, and Grand Forks.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grand Forks Air Force Base”. Photo: USGS, Public domain.