Nonstop flight route between Pituffik, Greenland and Tangshan, Hebei, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland and Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS), Tangshan, Hebei, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,399 miles (or 7,079 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 Tangshan Sannühe 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 Tangshan Sannühe 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.
• In 1961, a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System radar was constructed at "J-Site," 21 km northeast of main base.
• 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 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 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.
• After the German occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940, Henrik Kauffmann Danish Ambassador to the United States, made an agreement "In the name of the king" with the United States authorizing the United States to defend the Danish colonies on Greenland from German aggression - this agreement faced Kaufmann with a charge of high treason.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".

Facts about Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS):

• Tangshan Sannühe Airport handled 109,000 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS) is Comandante Espora Airport (BHI), which is nearly antipodal to Tangshan Sannühe Airport (meaning Tangshan Sannühe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Comandante Espora Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS) is Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) SW of TVS.
• In addition to being known as "Tangshan Sannühe Airport", other names for TVS include "唐山三女河机场", "Tángshān Sānnǚhé Jīchǎng" and "ZBTS".