Nonstop flight route between Saratoga, Wyoming, United States and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shively Field (SAA), Saratoga, Wyoming, United States and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,670 miles (or 4,297 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 Shively Field 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 Shively Field 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 Shively Field (SAA):

• Shively Field (SAA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Shively Field's high elevation of 7,012 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SAA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SAA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Shively Field (SAA) is Rawlins Municipal Airport (RWL), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of SAA.
• The furthest airport from Shively Field (SAA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,831 miles (17,431 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• Thule Air Base or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport, is the United States Air Force's northernmost base, located 1,207 km north of the Arctic Circle and 1,524 km from the North Pole on the northwest side of the island of Greenland.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
• A board of Air Force officers headed by Gordon P.
• 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.
• A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.