Nonstop flight route between Cuamba, Mozambique and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cuamba Airport (FXO), Cuamba, Mozambique and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,457 miles (or 12,001 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 Cuamba Airport and Thule Air Base, 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 Cuamba Airport and Thule Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FXO / FQCB |
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Location: | Cuamba, Mozambique |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°49'3"S by 36°31'41"E |
Area Served: | Cuamba, Mozambique |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1919 feet (585 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FXO |
More Information: | FXO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | THU / BGTL |
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Location: | Pituffik, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 76°31'51"N by 68°42'11"W |
View all routes: | Routes from THU |
More Information: | THU Maps & Info |
Facts about Cuamba Airport (FXO):
- In addition to being known as "Cuamba Airport", another name for FXO is "Cuamba".
- The closest airport to Cuamba Airport (FXO) is Club Makokola Airport (CMK), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) WNW of FXO.
- Cuamba Airport (FXO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Cuamba Airport (FXO) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,602 miles (18,671 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- In 1959, the airbase was the main staging point for the construction of Camp Century, some 150 mi from the base.
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
- Thule became an Air Force Space Command base in 1982.
- The furthest airport from Thule Air Base (THU) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 9,883 miles (15,905 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
- After the German occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940, Henrik Kauffmann Danish Ambassador to the United States, made an agreement "In the name of the king" with the United States authorizing the United States to defend the Danish colonies on Greenland from German aggression - this agreement faced Kaufmann with a charge of high treason.
- In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- In the winter of 1956/57 three KC-97 tankers and alternately one of two RB-47H aircraft made polar flights to inspect Soviet defenses.