Nonstop flight route between Winslow, Arizona, United States and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW), Winslow, Arizona, United States and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,150 miles (or 5,069 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 Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal 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 Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal 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: | INW / KINW |
Airport Name: | Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport |
Location: | Winslow, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°1'18"N by 110°43'20"W |
Area Served: | Winslow, Arizona |
Operator/Owner: | City of Winslow |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4941 feet (1,506 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from INW |
More Information: | INW 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 Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW):
- The furthest airport from Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,322 miles (18,221 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport covers 900 acres at an elevation of 4,941 feet above mean sea level.
- Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport (INW) is Taylor Airport (TYZ), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SE of INW.
- Because of Winslow-Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,941 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at INW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make INW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- 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.
- Thule Air Base is also home to the 821st Air Base Group and is responsible for air base support within the Thule Defense Area for the multinational population of "Team Thule." The base hosts the 12th Space Warning Squadron which operates a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System designed to detect and track ICBMs launched against North America.
- A board of Air Force officers headed by Gordon P.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- Thule is the location where the fastest recorded sea level surface wind speed in the world was measured when a peak speed of 333 kilometres per hour was recorded on 8 March 1972 prior to the instrument's destruction.
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
- In 1818, Sir John Ross’s expedition made first contact with nomadic Polar Eskimos in the area.