Nonstop flight route between Nuuk, Greenland and Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nuuk Airport (GOH), Nuuk, Greenland and Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (GRM), Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,827 miles (or 2,940 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 relatively short distance between Nuuk Airport and Grand Marais/Cook County Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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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.
• Unlike Nuuk Airport, the airport in Kangerlussuaq can serve large airliners, and remains the airline hub of Air Greenland, the flag-carrier of Greenland.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, water planes of the newly established Air Greenland landed in Nuuk Port.
• Nuuk Airport handled 69,324 passengers last year.
• 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.
• There are three gates in the terminal, located in the same area as the check-in desks and the waiting hall, with unrestricted access.
• The tragedy was one of the factors leading to the decision to invest in a helicopter fleet.

Facts about Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (GRM):

• Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (GRM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (GRM) is Thunder Bay International Airport (YQT), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NE of GRM.
• In addition to being known as "Grand Marais/Cook County Airport", another name for GRM is "CKC".
• Grand Marais/Cook County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located seven nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Grand Marais, a city in Cook County, Minnesota, United States.
• The furthest airport from Grand Marais/Cook County Airport (GRM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,808 miles (17,393 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.