Nonstop flight route between Nagpur, India and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG), Nagpur, India and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,557 miles (or 8,944 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 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar 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 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport and Thule Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAG / VANP |
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| Location: | Nagpur, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°5'31"N by 79°2'49"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1033 feet (315 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NAG |
| More Information: | NAG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | THU / BGTL |
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| Location: | Pituffik, Greenland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 76°31'51"N by 68°42'11"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from THU |
| More Information: | THU Maps & Info |
Facts about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG):
- A Maintenance-Repair-Overhaul facility by the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing is to be built on 50 acres of land at the Airport by the second Quarter of 2013.
- The closest airport to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG) is Shivani Airport (AKD), which is located 131 miles (211 kilometers) WSW of NAG.
- In addition to being known as "Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport", other names for NAG include "बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ." and "Bābāsāhēba āmbēḍakara āntararāṣṭrīya vimānataḷa.".
- The New Integrated Terminal Building, a contemporary concrete, glass and steel structure, was inaugurated on 14 April 2008.
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,758 miles (18,923 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- 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 addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
- In 1957 construction began on 4 Nike Missile sites around the base, and they and their radar systems were operational by the end of 1958.
- Thule became an Air Force Space Command base in 1982.
- In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.
- A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
