Nonstop flight route between Bountiful, Utah, United States and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Skypark Airport (BTF), Bountiful, Utah, United States and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,772 miles (or 4,461 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 Skypark 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 Skypark 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 Skypark Airport (BTF):

• Because of Skypark Airport's high elevation of 4,234 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Skypark Airport (BTF) is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSW of BTF.
• The furthest airport from Skypark Airport (BTF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,952 miles (17,625 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Skypark Airport (BTF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Skypark Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Bountiful, a city in Davis County, Utah, United States.

Facts about Thule Air Base (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.
• 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.
• A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• A board of Air Force officers headed by Gordon P.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.