Nonstop flight route between Kulusuk, Greenland and Tonghua, Jilin, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kulusuk Airport (KUS), Kulusuk, Greenland and Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (TNH), Tonghua, Jilin, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,930 miles (or 7,934 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 Kulusuk Airport and Tonghua Sanyuanpu 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 Kulusuk Airport and Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUS / BGKK |
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Location: | Kulusuk, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°34'24"N by 37°7'24"W |
Area Served: | Kulusuk, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Mittarfeqarfiit |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 117 feet (36 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUS |
More Information: | KUS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TNH / ZYTN |
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Location: | Tonghua, Jilin, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°15'14"N by 125°42'14"E |
Area Served: | Tonghua, Jilin, China |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
View all routes: | Routes from TNH |
More Information: | TNH Maps & Info |
Facts about Kulusuk Airport (KUS):
- The airstrip was built by the US defense in 1956, in order to support a Distant Early Warning Line station.
- Before Air Greenland took over Air Alpha, flights had been operated on-demand by two helicopters.
- The furthest airport from Kulusuk Airport (KUS) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,856 miles (17,471 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Kulusuk Airport", another name for KUS is "Mittarfik Kulusuk".
- Kulusuk Airport handled 14,738 passengers last year.
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- Unlike the heliport in Tasiilaq on the nearby Ammassalik Island, the airport in Kulusuk can serve STOL aircraft, thus functioning as a mini-hub for Tasiilaq.
- Kulusuk Airport (KUS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The are political discussions on building a new airport at Tasiilaq, the major settlement in the region, and to close the Kulusuk Airport.
- Kulusuk Airport is an airport in Kulusuk, a settlement on an island of the same name off the shore of the North Atlantic in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.
- The closest airport to Kulusuk Airport (KUS) is Tasiilaq Heliport (AGM), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) W of KUS.
- Because of Kulusuk Airport's relatively low elevation of 117 feet, planes can take off or land at Kulusuk 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.
Facts about Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (TNH):
- The furthest airport from Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (TNH) is Miramar Airport (MJR), which is nearly antipodal to Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (meaning Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Miramar Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,474 kilometers) away in Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- In addition to being known as "Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport", other names for TNH include "通化三源浦机场" and "Tōnghuà Sānyuánpǔ Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Tonghua Sanyuanpu Airport (TNH) is Changbaishan Airport (NBS), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) E of TNH.