Nonstop flight route between Denizli, Turkey and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Çardak Airport (DNZ), Denizli, Turkey and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,822 miles (or 6,152 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 Çardak 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 Çardak 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: | DNZ / LTAY |
Airport Name: | Çardak Airport |
Location: | Denizli, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°47'8"N by 29°42'3"E |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 2795 feet (852 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DNZ |
More Information: | DNZ 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 Çardak Airport (DNZ):
- Çardak Airport (DNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Çardak Airport (DNZ) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,374 miles (18,305 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Çardak Airport (DNZ) is Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport (ISE), which is located 38 miles (60 kilometers) E of DNZ.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- Thule AB was constructed in secret under the code name Operation Blue Jay, but the project was made public in September 1952.
- The closest airport to Thule Air Base (THU) is Savissivik Heliport (SVR), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) ESE of THU.
- Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
- 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.
- In 1959, the airbase was the main staging point for the construction of Camp Century, some 150 mi from the base.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".
- 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 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.