Nonstop flight route between Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay and Pituffik, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT), Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,607 miles (or 12,242 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 Treinta y Tres Airport 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 Treinta y Tres Airport and Thule Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT):

• The furthest airport from Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) is Jeju International Airport (CJU), which is nearly antipodal to Treinta y Tres Airport (meaning Treinta y Tres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jeju International Airport), and is located 12,384 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Jeju, South Korea.
• The closest airport to Treinta y Tres Airport (TYT) is Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ), which is located 59 miles (96 kilometers) N of TYT.
• Because of Treinta y Tres Airport's relatively low elevation of 337 feet, planes can take off or land at Treinta y Tres 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.
• In addition to being known as "Treinta y Tres Airport", another name for TYT is "Aeropuerto de Treinta y Tres".

Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• 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 AB was constructed in secret under the code name Operation Blue Jay, but the project was made public in September 1952.
• A board of Air Force officers headed by Gordon P.
• A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
• The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
• In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
• In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.