Nonstop flight route between Pituffik, Greenland and Zapala, Neuquén, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland and Zapala Airport (APZ), Zapala, Neuquén, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,981 miles (or 12,844 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 Thule Air Base and Zapala 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 Thule Air Base and Zapala Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):

• There is only a brief period each year in the summer when sea ice thins sufficiently to send supply ships to the base.
• Knud Rasmussen was the first to recognize the Pituffik plain as ideal for an airport.
• 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 Air Base or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport, is the United States Air Force's northernmost base, located 1,207 km north of the Arctic Circle and 1,524 km from the North Pole on the northwest side of the island of Greenland.
• In 1957 construction began on 4 Nike Missile sites around the base, and they and their radar systems were operational by the end of 1958.
• 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 addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".

Facts about Zapala Airport (APZ):

• The furthest airport from Zapala Airport (APZ) is Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), which is nearly antipodal to Zapala Airport (meaning Zapala Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ordos Ejin Horo Airport), and is located 12,401 miles (19,957 kilometers) away in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
• The closest airport to Zapala Airport (APZ) is Cutral Có Airport (CUT), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) E of APZ.
• Zapala Airport (APZ) currently has only 1 runway.