Grand Forks AFB Map Print (RDR)

RDR KRDR Grand Forks, North Dakota

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your RDR artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Grand Forks's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of Grand Forks AFB (RDR), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

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Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Grand Forks's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

Grand Forks AFB

RDR · Grand Forks, North Dakota

47.9613° N · 97.4008° W
Field elevation 911 ft

Identifier

RDR

ICAO code

KRDR

Field elevation

911ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

3°E

Runways

18/3612,351 × 150 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

Grand Forks AFB Runway Diagram Print

Grand Forks AFB works from one runway, 18/36, 12,351 feet long and 150 feet wide on asphalt, and the print hands that single strip the whole page. It reads as one dark near-vertical bar with the end numbers 18 at the top and 36 at the bottom, held straight down the sheet while everything else stays pale gray. A taxiway runs parallel the full length on the east side, ramp and hangar blocks gather in the middle right, and one lone taxiway cuts away on a diagonal to an isolated pad in the lower left. That diagonal is the only line in the composition that breaks the vertical, and it is what keeps the layout from feeling like a ruler.

The field is a Cold War installation in northeastern North Dakota, established in 1955 and named after the neighboring city, sitting north of Emerado and 16 miles west of Grand Forks. Command of the base passed to Strategic Air Command in 1963, the last B-1B left in 1994, and the refueling mission ended when the last KC-135 departed in 2010. The first RQ-4 Global Hawk arrived in 2011, and in 2019 the host wing was redesignated the 319th Reconnaissance Wing, flying remotely piloted aircraft in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance role. A runway that long, standing alone, is the visible record of all of it.

On a wall the sheet behaves like a typographic piece more than a map: one heavy vertical, a lot of quiet paper, and the RDR block with coordinates and the 911 ft elevation anchored low right. Because the geometry is drawn to the published runway data, the proportions stay honest at every size, and the emptiness around the strip is the prairie, not a design choice. It hangs well in a narrow space, a stairwell or the gap between two doors, where a wider field would fight the frame. It also sits naturally beside another North Dakota sheet from Fargo, plotted in the same style, if you are building a row.

Grand Forks (RDR) print, common questions

How many runways does Grand Forks AFB have?

One. Runway 18/36 is 12,351 feet long and 150 feet wide with an asphalt surface, and the print shows it as a single strip with no crossing runway.

What does the code RDR stand for?

RDR is the identifier for Grand Forks AFB, and it is the code set in large type on the print. The airport also carries the ICAO code KRDR, but the artwork uses the three letter form only.

Where is the airport and how high is the field?

It is in northeastern North Dakota, north of Emerado and 16 miles west of Grand Forks, at 911 feet of elevation. The coordinates and that elevation are printed under the airport name.

How accurate is the layout in this artwork?

The runway, taxiways and ramp shapes are composed from published airport information for the current charting cycle, so the single north south strip and the diagonal taxiway are where you would find them on the published diagram. It is designed as artwork, not for navigation, and fine details may be simplified or omitted. Markings, lighting and small service roads are examples of what gets cleaned away.

What sizes and formats can I get?

The RDR artwork comes as a Fine Art Print, a Framed Fine Art Print, a Glossy Metal Print or a Digital Download, in the colorway you choose. The tall single runway suits vertical sizes especially well. Physical pieces are made to order; the digital option is a file you download.

Does this work as a gift?

Yes, particularly for anyone who served at or flew from Grand Forks AFB, or for a North Dakota native who knows that one long strip on sight. The identifier reads clearly from across a room, so the recipient recognizes the field before they read a word.