Thule Air Base

Summary

Thule Air Base is an air base^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of air_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (233 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thule Air Base is located in Avannaata^[3].
• Thule Air Base is in the country of Greenland^[4].
• Thule Air Base's image is recorded as Thule Air Base control tower.jpg^[5].
• Thule Air Base's instance of is recorded as air base^[6].
• Thule Air Base's instance of is recorded as unincorporated area of Greenland^[7].
• Thule Air Base's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome^[8].
• Thule Air Base's operator is recorded as United States Air Force^[9].
• Thule Air Base's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404108166^[10].
• Thule Air Base's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158348615^[11].
• Thule Air Base's IATA airport code is recorded as THU^[12].
• Thule Air Base's ICAO airport code is recorded as BGTL^[13].
• Thule Air Base's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85284273^[14].
• Thule Air Base's Commons category is recorded as Pituffik Space Base^[15].
• Thule Air Base's located in time zone is recorded as Atlantic Time Zone^[16].
• +1943-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thule Air Base^[17].
• Thule Air Base's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 76.531389, 'lon': -68.703333}^[18].
• Thule Air Base's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 76.53111111111112, 'lon': -68.70305555555555}^[19].
• Thule Air Base's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0386h1^[20].
• Thule Air Base's significant event is recorded as 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash^[21].
• Thule Air Base's official website is recorded as http://www.thule.af.mil/^[22].
• Thule Air Base's official website is recorded as https://www.peterson.spaceforce.mil/Thule-AB-Greenland/^[23].
• Thule Air Base's place served by transport hub is recorded as Avannaata^[24].
• Thule Air Base's described at URL is recorded as https://theconversation.com/greenland-staying-with-the-polar-inuit-how-a-secret-military-base-helped-trigger-the-silent-collapse-of-an-arctic-world-273853^[25].
• Thule Air Base's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10046539^[26].
• Thule Air Base's replaced by is recorded as Pituffik Space Base^[27].

Body

Founding

+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thule Air Base^[17].

Operations

Thule Air Base's operator is recorded as United States Air Force^[9].

Why It Matters

Thule Air Base ranks in the top 6% of air_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (233 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]