Nonstop flight route between Qaarsut / Uummannaq, Greenland and Milton, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Qaarsut Airport (JQA), Qaarsut / Uummannaq, Greenland and NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE), Milton, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,056 miles (or 4,918 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 NAS Whiting Field - North, 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 NAS Whiting Field - North. 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):

• Check-in desk of Qaarsut Airport
• The closest airport to Qaarsut Airport (JQA) is Uummannaq Heliport (UMD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of JQA.
• Tower of Qaarsut Airport
• Qaarsut Airport (JQA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Qaarsut Airport is an airport in Qaarsut, a settlement on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
• 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.
• Proposals to close the airport have to date been rejected.Sunk costs, tourism potential for northwestern and northern Greenland, and the 2010 reinvigoration of the mining activities in Maamorilik northeast of Ukkusissat, as well as on Appat Island in the future−are the primary reasons for keeping the airport open.
• In addition to being known as "Qaarsut Airport", other names for JQA include "Mittarfik Qaarsut" and "Uummannaq/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.
• Waiting area of 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.
• Qaarsut Airport handled 7,105 passengers last year.

Facts about NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE):

• The closest airport to NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE) is Pensacola International Airport (PNS), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) SSW of NSE.
• Because of NAS Whiting Field - North's relatively low elevation of 199 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Whiting Field - North 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.
• NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,142 miles (17,932 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.