Nonstop flight route between Anthony, Kansas, United States and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY), Anthony, Kansas, United States and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,866 miles (or 4,613 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 Anthony Municipal 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 Anthony Municipal Airport and Thule Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY):

• The closest airport to Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY) is Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field (CKA), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) S of ANY.
• Anthony Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Anthony, a city in Harper County, Kansas, United States.
• Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Anthony Municipal Airport (ANY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,795 miles (17,373 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
• A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
• In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.
• 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.
• After liberation, Denmark ratified the Kauffmann treaty but began efforts to take over U.S.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• In 1959, the airbase was the main staging point for the construction of Camp Century, some 150 mi from the base.
• Thule is the location where the fastest recorded sea level surface wind speed in the world was measured when a peak speed of 333 kilometres per hour was recorded on 8 March 1972 prior to the instrument's destruction.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.