Nonstop flight route between Jagdalpur, India and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jagdalpur Airport (JGB), Jagdalpur, India and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,719 miles (or 9,204 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 Jagdalpur 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 Jagdalpur 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: | JGB / |
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Location: | Jagdalpur, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°4'27"N by 82°2'12"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1822 feet (555 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JGB |
More Information: | JGB 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 Jagdalpur Airport (JGB):
- In addition to being known as "Jagdalpur Airport", another name for JGB is "जगदलपुर हवाई अड्डे".
- Jagdalpur Airport (JGB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Jagdalpur Airport (JGB) is విశాఖపట్నం అంతర్జాతీయ విమానాశ్రయం (VTZ), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) SE of JGB.
- The furthest airport from Jagdalpur Airport (JGB) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,520 miles (18,539 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- There is only a brief period each year in the summer when sea ice thins sufficiently to send supply ships to the base.
- 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 board of Air Force officers headed by Gordon P.
- In 1957 construction began on 4 Nike Missile sites around the base, and they and their radar systems were operational by the end of 1958.
- Late 1950s the DEW 1 to 4 where build as "weather stations", Thule Air Base would act as an supply station for the DYE bases.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.