Nonstop flight route between Crooked Creek, Alaska, United States and Nuuk, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Crooked Creek Airport (CKD), Crooked Creek, Alaska, United States and Nuuk Airport (GOH), Nuuk, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,945 miles (or 4,740 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 Crooked Creek 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 Crooked Creek 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 Crooked Creek Airport (CKD):

• In addition to being known as "Crooked Creek Airport", other names for CKD include "none" and "CJX".
• Because of Crooked Creek Airport's relatively low elevation of 178 feet, planes can take off or land at Crooked Creek 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.
• Crooked Creek Airport (CKD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Crooked Creek Airport (CKD) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,512 miles (16,917 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Crooked Creek Airport (CKD) is Red Devil Airport (RDV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of CKD.

Facts about Nuuk Airport (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 is also home to the Beechcraft King Air B200 "Amaalik", used for air ambulance flights and occasional charters.
• The northern end of the runway is less than 700 m from the shore of Nuup Kangerlua fjord.
• Nuuk Airport (GOH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Nuuk Airport handled 69,324 passengers last year.
• In the early 1960s, water planes of the newly established Air Greenland landed in Nuuk Port.
• In addition to being known as "Nuuk Airport", other names for GOH include "Mittarfik Nuuk" and "Nuuk Lufthavn".
• 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.
• Unlike Nuuk Airport, the airport in Kangerlussuaq can serve large airliners, and remains the airline hub of Air Greenland, the flag-carrier of Greenland.
• 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 tragedy was one of the factors leading to the decision to invest in a helicopter fleet.
• The first international flights from Nuuk Airport were to Iqaluit in Nunavut, Canada.
• The closest airport to Nuuk Airport (GOH) is Maniitsoq Airport (JSU), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) NNW of GOH.
• Nuuk Airport has a passenger terminal, and a cargo terminal of Air Greenland.