Nonstop flight route between Chingola, Zambia and Nuuk, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kasompe Airport (CGJ), Chingola, Zambia and Nuuk Airport (GOH), Nuuk, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,691 miles (or 10,768 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 Kasompe 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 Kasompe Airport and Nuuk Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kasompe Airport (CGJ):

• The furthest airport from Kasompe Airport (CGJ) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,906 miles (19,160 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Kasompe Airport", another name for CGJ is "FLKE".
• Because of Kasompe Airport's high elevation of 4,636 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CGJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CGJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Kasompe Airport (CGJ) is Southdowns Airport (KIW), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) SE of CGJ.
• Kasompe Airport (CGJ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Nuuk Airport (GOH):

• In addition to being known as "Nuuk Airport", other names for GOH include "Mittarfik Nuuk" and "Nuuk Lufthavn".
• Nuuk Airport was built in 1979, when the then newly formed Home Rule government decided to create a network of the STOL-capable domestic airports.
• The de Havilland Canada Dash 8 turboprops, acquired in Spring 2010, are the newest planes in the Air Greenland fleet, and are based at the airport.
• Nuuk Airport is also home to the Beechcraft King Air B200 "Amaalik", used for air ambulance flights and occasional charters.
• These well-grounded arguments for preserving the status quo pose a problem for the Government of Greenland, which oversees the development of the airport network through Mittarfeqarfiit, the airport administration authority.
• The closest airport to Nuuk Airport (GOH) is Maniitsoq Airport (JSU), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) NNW of GOH.
• 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.
• Nuuk Airport handled 69,324 passengers last year.
• 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.
• The airport was constructed to serve the largest town in Greenland, yet due to space constraints at the location in a mountainous area and problems with the weather, it is unable to service large airliners or flights reaching Denmark.
• In the early 1960s, water planes of the newly established Air Greenland landed in Nuuk Port.
• Air Greenland's seasonal flights to Iqaluit in Canada finally resumed in summer 2012, returning again in summer 2013.
• Nuuk Airport (GOH) currently has only 1 runway.