Nonstop flight route between Pituffik, Greenland and Srinagar, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland and Srinagar International Airport (SXR), Srinagar, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,639 miles (or 7,466 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 Srinagar International 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 Srinagar International 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):

• Thule Air Base is the U.S.
• 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.
• 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.
• After liberation, Denmark ratified the Kauffmann treaty but began efforts to take over U.S.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• On 21 January 1968, a B-52G Stratofortress from the 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York on a secret airborne nuclear alert crashed and burned on the ice near Thule Air Base.
• 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.

Facts about Srinagar International Airport (SXR):

• Srinagar International Airport (SXR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Srinagar International Airport (SXR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,904 miles (19,157 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Srinagar International Airport (SXR) is Muzaffarabad Airport (MFG), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) WNW of SXR.
• Because of Srinagar International Airport's high elevation of 5,429 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SXR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SXR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.