Nonstop flight route between Mendoza, Mendoza Province, Argentina and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ), Mendoza, Mendoza Province, Argentina and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,556 miles (or 12,161 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 Governor Francisco Gabrielli 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 Governor Francisco Gabrielli 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 Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ):

• The furthest airport from Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ) is Xiangyang Liuji Airport (XFN), which is nearly antipodal to Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (meaning Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Xiangyang Liuji Airport), and is located 12,358 miles (19,888 kilometers) away in Xiangfan, Hubei, China.
• In addition to being known as "Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport", another name for MDZ is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Mendoza "Francisco Gabrielli" – El Plumerillo".
• Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ) is Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (UAQ), which is located 86 miles (139 kilometers) NNE of MDZ.

Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• Late 1950s the DEW 1 to 4 where build as "weather stations", Thule Air Base would act as an supply station for the DYE bases.
• 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.
• Thule Air Base is the U.S.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• Thule Air Base is also home to the 821st Air Base Group and is responsible for air base support within the Thule Defense Area for the multinational population of "Team Thule." The base hosts the 12th Space Warning Squadron which operates a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System designed to detect and track ICBMs launched against North America.
• Thule is the location where the fastest recorded sea level surface wind speed in the world was measured when a peak speed of 333 kilometres per hour was recorded on 8 March 1972 prior to the instrument's destruction.
• In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.