Nonstop flight route between Tidjikja, Mauritania and Ilulissat, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tidjikja Airport (TIY), Tidjikja, Mauritania and Ilulissat Airport (JAV), Ilulissat, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,882 miles (or 6,247 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 Tidjikja Airport and Ilulissat 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 Tidjikja Airport and Ilulissat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tidjikja Airport (TIY):

• The closest airport to Tidjikja Airport (TIY) is Letfotar Airport (MOM), which is located 91 miles (146 kilometers) SW of TIY.
• The furthest airport from Tidjikja Airport (TIY) is Dillon's Bay Airport (DLY), which is nearly antipodal to Tidjikja Airport (meaning Tidjikja Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dillon's Bay Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Dillon's Bay, Erromango, Taféa, Vanuatu.
• Tidjikja Airport (TIY) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Ilulissat Airport (JAV):

• Beechcraft Super King Air B200 of Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration
• Ilulissat Airport (JAV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ilulissat Airport handled 41,965 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Ilulissat Airport", other names for JAV include "Mittarfik Ilulissat" and "Ilulissat Lufthavn".
• The closest airport to Ilulissat Airport (JAV) is Qasigiannguit Heliport (JCH), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) S of JAV.
• Air Greenland de Havilland Canada Dash 7, "Nipiki"
• The furthest airport from Ilulissat Airport (JAV) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,495 miles (16,891 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• On 29 January 2014, a De Havilland DHC-8 operated by Air Greenland suffered substantial damage in a landing accident, causing three injuries.
• Ilulissat Airport is an airport located near the shores of Disko Bay, 1.5 NM north-east of Ilulissat, a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland.
• Air Iceland de Havilland Canada Dash-8 106
• Because of Ilulissat Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Ilulissat 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.