Nonstop flight route between Qaarsut / Uummannaq, Greenland and Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Qaarsut Airport (JQA), Qaarsut / Uummannaq, Greenland and Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,693 miles (or 7,553 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 Tarin Kowt Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JQA / BGUQ |
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Location: | Qaarsut / Uummannaq, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 70°44'3"N by 52°41'45"W |
Area Served: | Qaarsut and Uummannaq, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Mittarfeqarfiit |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 289 feet (88 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JQA |
More Information: | JQA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TII / OATN |
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Location: | Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°36'36"N by 65°51'58"E |
Area Served: | Tarin Kowt, Urozgan Province, Afghanistan |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 4495 feet (1,370 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TII |
More Information: | TII Maps & Info |
Facts about Qaarsut Airport (JQA):
- Qaarsut Airport is an airport in Qaarsut, a settlement on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
- 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.
- Qaarsut Airport (JQA) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Qaarsut Airport", other names for JQA include "Mittarfik Qaarsut" and "Uummannaq/Qaarsut Airport".
- The closest airport to Qaarsut Airport (JQA) is Uummannaq Heliport (UMD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ESE of JQA.
Facts about Tarin Kowt Airport (TII):
- Because of Tarin Kowt Airport's high elevation of 4,495 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TII. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TII a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Tarin Kowt Airport is a domestic airport located in southeastern Afghanistan, one mile south of Tarin Kowt, a village in the province of Urozgan.
- On 29 June 2009, Kam Air started flying between Kabul and Tarin Kowt three times a week.
- In addition to being known as "Tarin Kowt Airport", another name for TII is "Tarin Kowt Airport (Tarin Kowt)".
- Tarin Kowt Airport (TII) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Tarin Kowt Airport (TII) is Kabul International Airport (KDH), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) S of TII.
- The furthest airport from Tarin Kowt Airport (TII) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,967 miles (19,258 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.