Nonstop flight route between Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO), Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,655 miles (or 2,663 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 relatively short distance between Gods Lake Narrows Airport and Thule Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YGO / CYGO |
Airport Name: | Gods Lake Narrows Airport |
Location: | Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°33'32"N by 94°29'29"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Manitoba |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 616 feet (188 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YGO |
More Information: | YGO 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 Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO):
- The furthest airport from Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,421 miles (16,771 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gods Lake Narrows Airport (YGO) is Gods River Airport (ZGI), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of YGO.
- Because of Gods Lake Narrows Airport's relatively low elevation of 616 feet, planes can take off or land at Gods Lake Narrows 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.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- The ratification of the treaty in 1951 did not change much, except that the Danish national flag Dannebrog must be side by side with Stars and Stripes on the base.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- 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.
- There is only a brief period each year in the summer when sea ice thins sufficiently to send supply ships to the base.
- In 1959, the airbase was the main staging point for the construction of Camp Century, some 150 mi from the base.
- A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
- Thule Air Base is the U.S.