Nonstop flight route between Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica and Pituffik, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP), Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica and Thule Air Base (THU), Pituffik, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,055 miles (or 6,526 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 Tinson Pen Aerodrome 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 Tinson Pen Aerodrome 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: | KTP / MKTP |
Airport Name: | Tinson Pen Aerodrome |
Location: | Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°59'18"N by 76°49'26"W |
Area Served: | Kingston, Jamaica |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of Jamaica |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 16 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KTP |
More Information: | KTP 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 Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP):
- There are currently no scheduled services to the aerodrome.
- The furthest airport from Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is located 11,889 miles (19,134 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
- The closest airport to Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP) is Norman Manley International Airport (KIN), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SSE of KTP.
- Tinson Pen Aerodrome handled approximately 92,091 passengers in 2001.
- The following table shows the number of passengers using the airport annually from 1997 through 2001.
- Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Tinson Pen Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Tinson Pen Aerodrome 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.
Facts about Thule Air Base (THU):
- In 1818, Sir John Ross’s expedition made first contact with nomadic Polar Eskimos in the area.
- 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.
- 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.
- In 1961, a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System radar was constructed at "J-Site," 21 km northeast of main base.
- Thule AB was constructed in secret under the code name Operation Blue Jay, but the project was made public in September 1952.
- A cluster of huts known as Pituffik stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951.
- In 1954, the 378 m Globecom Tower, a tower for military radio communication, was built at Northmountain.
- In addition to being known as "Thule Air Base", another name for THU is "Thule AB".