Nonstop flight route between Pucallpa, Peru and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), Pucallpa, Peru and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,871 miles (or 9,449 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 FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International 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 FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International 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: | PCL / SPCL |
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Location: | Pucallpa, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°22'40"S by 74°34'27"W |
Operator/Owner: | ADP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 513 feet (156 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PCL |
More Information: | PCL 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 FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL):
- The closest airport to FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL) is Tingo María Airport (TGI), which is located 116 miles (187 kilometers) WSW of PCL.
- In addition to being known as "FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport", another name for PCL is "Aeropuerto Internacional Capitán FAP David Abenzur Rengifo".
- Because of FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 513 feet, planes can take off or land at FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International 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.
- FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL) is Cà Mau Airport (CAH), which is nearly antipodal to FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (meaning FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cà Mau Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,922 kilometers) away in Cà Mau Province, Vietnam.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- 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".
- A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
- Originally established as a Strategic Air Command installation, Thule would periodically serve as a dispersal base for B-36 Peacemaker and B-47 Stratojet aircraft during the 1950s, as well as providing an ideal site to test the operability and maintainability of these weapon systems in extreme cold weather.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In 1949, Denmark joined NATO and abandoned its attempt to remove the United States bases.