Nonstop flight route between Sisimiut, Greenland and Pô, Burkina Faso:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from JHS to PUP:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- JHS Airport Information
- PUP Airport Information
- Facts about JHS
- Facts about PUP
- Map of Nearest Airports to JHS
- List of Nearest Airports to JHS
- Map of Furthest Airports from JHS
- List of Furthest Airports from JHS
- Map of Nearest Airports to PUP
- List of Nearest Airports to PUP
- Map of Furthest Airports from PUP
- List of Furthest Airports from PUP
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sisimiut Airport (JHS), Sisimiut, Greenland and Pô Airport (PUP), Pô, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,538 miles (or 7,304 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 Sisimiut Airport and Pô 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 Sisimiut Airport and Pô Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JHS / BGSS |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Sisimiut, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 66°57'5"N by 53°43'45"W |
Area Served: | Sisimiut, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Mittarfeqarfiit |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JHS |
More Information: | JHS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PUP / DFCP |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Pô, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°10'44"N by 1°8'54"W |
Area Served: | Pô |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1056 feet (322 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PUP |
More Information: | PUP Maps & Info |
Facts about Sisimiut Airport (JHS):
- Sisimiut Airport (JHS) currently has only 1 runway.
- In shorter term there are plans to extend the runway a little, in connection with replacement of the Air Greenland fleet.
- Roads in Sisimiut, including the road to the airport, are surfaced, but there is no road linking Sisimiut to any other settlement.
- Sisimiut Airport handled 22,955 passengers last year.
- For scheduled flights, the airport is served exclusively by Air Greenland, serving as a fly-through destination with no aircraft stationed onsite.
- The furthest airport from Sisimiut Airport (JHS) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,591 miles (17,044 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- The closest airport to Sisimiut Airport (JHS) is Attu Heliport (QGQ), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) N of JHS.
- Because of Sisimiut Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Sisimiut 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 "Sisimiut Airport", other names for JHS include "Mittarfik Sisimiut" and "Sisimiut Lufthavn".
- There is a discussion to build a 170 km road to Kangerlussuaq.
Facts about Pô Airport (PUP):
- The closest airport to Pô Airport (PUP) is Zabré Airport (XZA), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) E of PUP.
- Pô Airport (PUP) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Pô Airport", another name for PUP is "Pô Airport (Pô)".
- The furthest airport from Pô Airport (PUP) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Pô Airport (meaning Pô Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.