Nonstop flight route between Anatom, Taféa, Vanuatu and Nuuk, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport (AUY), Anatom, Taféa, Vanuatu and Nuuk Airport (GOH), Nuuk, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,854 miles (or 14,250 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 Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport and Nuuk Airport, 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 Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport and Nuuk Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AUY / NVVA |
Airport Name: | Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport |
Location: | Anatom, Taféa, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°14'57"S by 169°46'17"E |
Area Served: | Anatom (Aneityum), Taféa, Vanuatu |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from AUY |
More Information: | AUY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOH / BGGH |
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Location: | Nuuk, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°11'26"N by 51°40'41"W |
Area Served: | Nuuk, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Mittarfeqarfiit |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 283 feet (86 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GOH |
More Information: | GOH Maps & Info |
Facts about Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport (AUY):
- The furthest airport from Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport (AUY) is Tichitt Airport (THI), which is nearly antipodal to Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport (meaning Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tichitt Airport), and is located 12,304 miles (19,802 kilometers) away in Tichitt, Mauritania.
- Because of Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Anatom Airport Aneityum 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.
- The closest airport to Anatom Airport Aneityum Airport (AUY) is Futuna Airport (FTA), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NNE of AUY.
Facts about Nuuk Airport (GOH):
- The closest airport to Nuuk Airport (GOH) is Maniitsoq Airport (JSU), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) NNW of GOH.
- Nuuk Airport ) is an airport in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
- In addition to being known as "Nuuk Airport", other names for GOH include "Mittarfik Nuuk" and "Nuuk Lufthavn".
- Nuuk Airport (GOH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Unlike Nuuk Airport, the airport in Kangerlussuaq can serve large airliners, and remains the airline hub of Air Greenland, the flag-carrier of Greenland.
- Nuuk Airport handled 69,324 passengers last year.
- Another option mentioned is to have Keflavik, Iceland as the international hub, close Kangerlussuaq, and expand Nuuk Airport runway slightly, so small jet planes can use it.
- There are three gates in the terminal, located in the same area as the check-in desks and the waiting hall, with unrestricted access.
- With the airport being limited to serving small planes, the possibilities for international connections remain limited.
- The furthest airport from Nuuk Airport (GOH) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,779 miles (17,347 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- In the early 1960s, after the establishment of Air Greenland on 7 November 1960 as Grønlandsfly, Nuuk was served exclusively by the PBY Catalina water planes, with the aircraft using the waterways of the Nuuk Port as a landing site.
- Even in the later era of the fixed-wing, turboprop plane domination, the S-61N helicopters continued to link Nuuk with the smaller Paamiut town, until the airport was built there in 2007, replacing the old heliport.
- Because of Nuuk Airport's relatively low elevation of 283 feet, planes can take off or land at Nuuk 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.