Nonstop flight route between Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada and Kulusuk, Greenland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport (YUB), Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada and Kulusuk Airport (KUS), Kulusuk, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,288 miles (or 3,683 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 relatively short distance between Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport and Kulusuk Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YUB / CYUB |
Airport Name: | Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport |
Location: | Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 69°25'59"N by 133°1'35"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of the Northwest Territories |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YUB |
More Information: | YUB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUS / BGKK |
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Location: | Kulusuk, Greenland |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°34'24"N by 37°7'24"W |
Area Served: | Kulusuk, Greenland |
Operator/Owner: | Mittarfeqarfiit |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 117 feet (36 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUS |
More Information: | KUS Maps & Info |
Facts about Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport (YUB):
- The furthest airport from Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport (YUB) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 9,854 miles (15,859 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport (YUB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben 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.
- The closest airport to Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport (YUB) is Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport (YEV), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) S of YUB.
Facts about Kulusuk Airport (KUS):
- The furthest airport from Kulusuk Airport (KUS) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,856 miles (17,471 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- The airstrip was built by the US defense in 1956, in order to support a Distant Early Warning Line station.
- Kulusuk Airport handled 14,738 passengers last year.
- Because of Kulusuk Airport's relatively low elevation of 117 feet, planes can take off or land at Kulusuk 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.
- Kulusuk Airport is an airport in Kulusuk, a settlement on an island of the same name off the shore of the North Atlantic in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.
- Before Air Greenland took over Air Alpha, flights had been operated on-demand by two helicopters.
- The closest airport to Kulusuk Airport (KUS) is Tasiilaq Heliport (AGM), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) W of KUS.
- Kulusuk Airport (KUS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Bell and Lynx helicopters
- In addition to being known as "Kulusuk Airport", another name for KUS is "Mittarfik Kulusuk".