Nonstop flight route between Jordan, Montana, United States and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jordan Airport (JDN), Jordan, Montana, United States and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,278 miles (or 3,665 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 Jordan Airport and Thule Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JDN / KJDN |
| Airport Name: | Jordan Airport |
| Location: | Jordan, Montana, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°19'44"N by 106°57'10"W |
| Area Served: | Jordan, Montana |
| Operator/Owner: | Garfield County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2662 feet (811 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JDN |
| More Information: | JDN 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 Jordan Airport (JDN):
- The furthest airport from Jordan Airport (JDN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,455 miles (16,826 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Jordan Airport (JDN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Jordan Airport (JDN) is Glasgow International Airport (GGW), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) NNE of JDN.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
- In 1954, the 378 m Globecom Tower, a tower for military radio communication, was built at Northmountain.
- After the German occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940, Henrik Kauffmann Danish Ambassador to the United States, made an agreement "In the name of the king" with the United States authorizing the United States to defend the Danish colonies on Greenland from German aggression - this agreement faced Kaufmann with a charge of high treason.
- Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
- 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.
- 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.
