Nonstop flight route between Juba, South Sudan and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juba International Airport (JUB), Juba, South Sudan and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,056 miles (or 9,746 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 Juba International 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 Juba International Airport and Thule Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Juba International Airport (JUB):

• The closest airport to Juba International Airport (JUB) is Arua Airport (RUA), which is located 135 miles (217 kilometers) SSW of JUB.
• Juba International Airport (JUB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 1,513 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Juba International Airport (JUB) is Ahe Airport (AHE), which is located 11,761 miles (18,927 kilometers) away in Ahe, French Polynesia.

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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• 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 1961, a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System radar was constructed at "J-Site," 21 km northeast of main base.
• Thule AB was constructed in secret under the code name Operation Blue Jay, but the project was made public in September 1952.
• Thule Air Base is home to the 21st Space Wing's global network of sensors providing missile warning, space surveillance and space control to North American Aerospace Defense Command and Air Force Space Command.
• In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.