Nonstop flight route between Hohenems, Austria and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (HOH), Hohenems, Austria and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,877 miles (or 4,630 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 Hohenems-Dornbirn 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 Hohenems-Dornbirn 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: | HOH / LOIH |
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Location: | Hohenems, Austria |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°23'4"N by 9°41'59"E |
Area Served: | Dornbirn, Austria |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1352 feet (412 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HOH |
More Information: | HOH 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 Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (HOH):
- The closest airport to Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (HOH) is St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) NW of HOH.
- The furthest airport from Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (HOH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (meaning Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,050 miles (19,393 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (HOH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport", other names for HOH include "Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (Dornbirn)" and "Flugplatz Hohenems-Dornbirn".
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- After liberation, Denmark ratified the Kauffmann treaty but began efforts to take over U.S.
- There is only a brief period each year in the summer when sea ice thins sufficiently to send supply ships to the base.
- Thule Air Base has served as the regional hub for nearby installations, including Cape Atholl, Camp Century, Camp TUTO, Sites 1 and 2, P-Mountain, J-Site, North and South Mountains, and a research rocket firing site.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- In the winter of 1956/57 three KC-97 tankers and alternately one of two RB-47H aircraft made polar flights to inspect Soviet defenses.
- 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.
- A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
- 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.