Nonstop flight route between Bajawa, Indonesia and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW), Bajawa, Indonesia and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,737 miles (or 12,451 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 Bajawa Soa 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 Bajawa Soa 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: | BJW / WRKB |
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Location: | Bajawa, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°42'45"S by 121°3'45"E |
Elevation: | 4326 feet (1,319 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BJW |
More Information: | BJW 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 Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW):
- The furthest airport from Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is nearly antipodal to Bajawa Soa Airport (meaning Bajawa Soa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ogle Airport), and is located 12,293 miles (19,784 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Guyana.
- Because of Bajawa Soa Airport's high elevation of 4,326 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BJW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BJW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) is H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) ESE of BJW.
- Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Bajawa Soa Airport", other names for BJW include "Bandar Udara Soa" and "WATB".
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- Thule Air Base is home to the 21st Space Wing's global network of sensors providing missile warning, space surveillance and space control to North American Aerospace Defense Command and Air Force Space Command.
- Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
- 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.
- In 1818, Sir John Ross’s expedition made first contact with nomadic Polar Eskimos in the area.
- 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.
- Originally established as a Strategic Air Command installation, Thule would periodically serve as a dispersal base for B-36 Peacemaker and B-47 Stratojet aircraft during the 1950s, as well as providing an ideal site to test the operability and maintainability of these weapon systems in extreme cold weather.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".