Nonstop flight route between Pituffik, Greenland and Ormoc City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland and Ormoc Airport (OMC), Ormoc City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,361 miles (or 10,237 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 Ormoc 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 Ormoc 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):

• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• In 1959, the airbase was the main staging point for the construction of Camp Century, some 150 mi from the base.
• Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
• 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.
• Thule Air Base has served as the regional hub for nearby installations, including Cape Atholl, Camp Century, Camp TUTO, Sites 1 and 2, P-Mountain, J-Site, North and South Mountains, and a research rocket firing site.
• 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.
• In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.

Facts about Ormoc Airport (OMC):

• Ormoc Airport handled 17,800 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Ormoc Airport", another name for OMC is "Paliparan ng Ormoc Tugpahanan sa Ormoc Luparan han Ormoc".
• Ormoc Airport (OMC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ormoc Airport (OMC) is Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) ENE of OMC.
• Because of Ormoc Airport's relatively low elevation of 83 feet, planes can take off or land at Ormoc 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 Ormoc Airport (OMC) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Ormoc Airport (meaning Ormoc Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.