Nonstop flight route between Totness, Coronie, Suriname and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Totness Airstrip (TOT), Totness, Coronie, Suriname and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,905 miles (or 7,894 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 Totness Airstrip and Thule Air Base, 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 Totness Airstrip and Thule Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TOT / SMCO |
| Airport Name: | Totness Airstrip |
| Location: | Totness, Coronie, Suriname |
| GPS Coordinates: | 5°51'56"N by 56°19'39"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from TOT |
| More Information: | TOT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | THU / BGTL |
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| Location: | Pituffik, Greenland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 76°31'51"N by 68°42'11"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from THU |
| More Information: | THU Maps & Info |
Facts about Totness Airstrip (TOT):
- The closest airport to Totness Airstrip (TOT) is Wageningen Airstrip (AGI), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) WSW of TOT.
- The furthest airport from Totness Airstrip (TOT) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Totness Airstrip (meaning Totness Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- In 1957 construction began on 4 Nike Missile sites around the base, and they and their radar systems were operational by the end of 1958.
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
- The ratification of the treaty in 1951 did not change much, except that the Danish national flag Dannebrog must be side by side with Stars and Stripes on the base.
- In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- 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.
- In 1959, the airbase was the main staging point for the construction of Camp Century, some 150 mi from the base.
