Nonstop flight route between Tekirdag, Turkey and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Çorlu Airport (TEQ), Tekirdag, Turkey and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,573 miles (or 5,751 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 Çorlu 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 Çorlu 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 Çorlu Airport (TEQ):

• Çorlu Airport (TEQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Çorlu Airport", another name for TEQ is "Çorlu Havalimanı".
• The furthest airport from Çorlu Airport (TEQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,186 miles (18,001 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Çorlu Airport (TEQ) is Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ESE of TEQ.
• Because of Çorlu Airport's relatively low elevation of 574 feet, planes can take off or land at Çorlu 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 Thule Air Base (THU):

• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• Thule AB was constructed in secret under the code name Operation Blue Jay, but the project was made public in September 1952.
• 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.
• 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.
• A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
• Thule Air Base is the U.S.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".