Nonstop flight route between Qaarsut / Uummannaq, Greenland and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Qaarsut Airport (JQA), Qaarsut / Uummannaq, Greenland and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,262 miles (or 5,250 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 Qaarsut Airport and McCarran International Airport, 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 Qaarsut Airport and McCarran International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Qaarsut Airport (JQA):

• Tower of Qaarsut Airport
• Qaarsut airport was inaugurated on 29 September 1999, with the purpose of serving the much larger neighboring town of Uummannaq, 13.5 NM southeast of the airport, located on an island of the same name in the south-central part of Uummannaq Fjord.
• The furthest airport from Qaarsut Airport (JQA) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,387 miles (16,716 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• Qaarsut Airport handled 7,105 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Qaarsut Airport", other names for JQA include "Mittarfik Qaarsut" and "Uummannaq/Qaarsut Airport".
• Because of Qaarsut Airport's relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Qaarsut 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 closest airport to Qaarsut Airport (JQA) is Uummannaq Heliport (UMD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of JQA.
• The bottleneck problem is considered unsolved, since passengers must still be shuttled between the airport and Uummannaq Heliport.
• Qaarsut Airport (JQA) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• McCarran International Airport has two public passenger terminals.
• On April 4, 2007 the consolidated rental car facility opened, 3 miles from the terminals.
• Between 1986 and 1997, Terminal 2 was built where two separate terminals had been in the 1970s and 1980s.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• The largest scheduled airlines at McCarran by passengers carried in the first 11 months of 2009 are Southwest Airlines, US Airways/US Airways Express, United Airlines/United Express, Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection, and American Airlines.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• McCarran International Airport is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, United States.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• Terminal 3, opened on June 27, 2012, is used for all international flights as well as some domestic airlines.
• The terminal moved from Las Vegas Boulevard South to Paradise Road, opening on March 15, 1963.