Nonstop flight route between Morawa, Western Australia, Australia and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Morawa Airport (MWB), Morawa, Western Australia, Australia and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,163 miles (or 14,746 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 Morawa 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 Morawa 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 Morawa Airport (MWB):

• Morawa Airport (MWB) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Morawa Airport (MWB) is Mullewa Airport (MXU), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NNW of MWB.
• Because of Morawa Airport's relatively low elevation of 886 feet, planes can take off or land at Morawa 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.
• The furthest airport from Morawa Airport (MWB) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Morawa Airport (meaning Morawa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,214 miles (19,657 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.

Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• 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 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.
• Originally established as a Strategic Air Command installation, Thule would periodically serve as a dispersal base for B-36 Peacemaker and B-47 Stratojet aircraft during the 1950s, as well as providing an ideal site to test the operability and maintainability of these weapon systems in extreme cold weather.
• The ratification of the treaty in 1951 did not change much, except that the Danish national flag Dannebrog must be side by side with Stars and Stripes on the base.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• Thule became an Air Force Space Command base in 1982.