Nonstop flight route between Pituffik, Greenland and Bhojpur, Nepal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland and Bhojpur Airport (BHP), Bhojpur, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,199 miles (or 8,366 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 Thule Air Base and Bhojpur Airport, 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 Thule Air Base and Bhojpur Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• In the winter of 1956/57 three KC-97 tankers and alternately one of two RB-47H aircraft made polar flights to inspect Soviet defenses.
• A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
• 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.
• 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.
• A board of Air Force officers headed by Gordon P.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• 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.

Facts about Bhojpur Airport (BHP):

• The closest airport to Bhojpur Airport (BHP) is Lamidanda Airport (LDN), which is located 25 miles (39 kilometers) WNW of BHP.
• In addition to being known as "Bhojpur Airport", another name for BHP is "Bhojpur Airport".
• The furthest airport from Bhojpur Airport (BHP) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,425 miles (18,386 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.