Nonstop flight route between Pituffik, Greenland and Trang, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland and Trang Airport (TST), Trang, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,611 miles (or 10,640 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 Trang 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 Trang 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 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.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• In 1959, the airbase was the main staging point for the construction of Camp Century, some 150 mi from the base.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.

Facts about Trang Airport (TST):

• Trang Airport (TST) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Trang Airport (TST) is Krabi International Airport (KBV), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) NW of TST.
• In addition to being known as "Trang Airport", another name for TST is "ท่าอากาศยานตรัง".
• Because of Trang Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Trang 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 Trang Airport (TST) is Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX), which is nearly antipodal to Trang Airport (meaning Trang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport), and is located 12,374 miles (19,914 kilometers) away in Chiclayo, Peru.