Nonstop flight route between Villa Dolores, Córdoba, Argentina and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Villa Dolores Airport (VDR), Villa Dolores, Córdoba, Argentina and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,497 miles (or 12,065 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 Villa Dolores 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 Villa Dolores Airport 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: | VDR / SAOD |
| Airport Name: | Villa Dolores Airport |
| Location: | Villa Dolores, Córdoba, Argentina |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°56'43"S by 65°8'47"W |
| Area Served: | Villa Dolores |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 1915 feet (584 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from VDR |
| More Information: | VDR 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 Villa Dolores Airport (VDR):
- The closest airport to Villa Dolores Airport (VDR) is Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), which is located 71 miles (113 kilometers) NE of VDR.
- The furthest airport from Villa Dolores Airport (VDR) is Fuyang Xiguan Airport (FUG), which is nearly antipodal to Villa Dolores Airport (meaning Villa Dolores Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fuyang Xiguan Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Fuyang, Anhui, China.
- Villa Dolores Airport (VDR) has 2 runways.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- Thule Air Base is home to the 21st Space Wing's global network of sensors providing missile warning, space surveillance and space control to North American Aerospace Defense Command and Air Force Space Command.
- A board of Air Force officers headed by Gordon P.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- 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.
- A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
- 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.
- In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.
- In 1954, the 378 m Globecom Tower, a tower for military radio communication, was built at Northmountain.
- Thule AB was constructed in secret under the code name Operation Blue Jay, but the project was made public in September 1952.
