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Nuuk Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Nuuk, Danish: Nuuk Lufthavn, formerly Godthåb Lufthavn in Danish) (IATA: GOH, ICAO: BGGH) is an international airport serving Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The airport is the hub and technical base for Air Greenland , the flag carrier airline of Greenland, linking the capital with almost all towns in the ...
Nuuk International Airport opens this month, opening Greenland’s capital up to larger plane landings for the first time. With United Airlines set to open flights from the US, tourism is expected ...
The project was initially scheduled to be completed in 2023, but due to setbacks from the Covid-19 pandemic, Greenland Airports had to delay the opening to 2024.
The airport served as a regional focus city for Air Greenland until the late 2000s, when tough economic conditions forced the airline to raise the low season prices several times. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2009, the airline announced the sale of Kunuunnguaq , [ 8 ] a Boeing 757-200 , one of two airliners in the fleet, serving the Narsarsuaq-Copenhagen route.
Air Greenland [5] Icelandair [6] Kangerlussuaq Airport: Qeqqata: Copenhagen: Air Greenland [5] Kulusuk Airport: Sermersooq: Reykjavík-domestic: Icelandair [6] Narsarsuaq Airport: Kujalleq: Reykjavík-domestic: Icelandair [6] Nerlerit Inaat Airport: Sermersooq: Reykjavík-domestic: Icelandair [6] Nuuk Airport: Sermersooq: Reykjavík-domestic ...
A decision was made in 2016 to extend the runways of both Nuuk airport and Ilulissat airport to 2,200 m (7,200 ft), allowing them to receive medium size jetliners from Denmark. [67] [68] Also to replace Narsarsuaq with a new airport at Qaqortoq. [69] Construction start of Nuuk was late 2019, the opening was in November 2024. [70] [71]
A decision was made in 2016 to extend the runways of both Nuuk and Ilulissat airports to 2,200 m (7,218 ft), allowing them to receive medium size jetliners from Denmark, [10] [11] and also to replace Narsarsuaq with a new airport at Qaqortoq. Construction at Nuuk Airport started late 2019. Due to the runway stability problems at Kangerlussuaq ...
Under new regulations in 1950, two councils amalgamated into one. This Countryside Council was abolished on 1 May 1979, when the city of Godthåb was renamed Nuuk by the Greenland Home Rule government. The city boomed during the 1950s when Denmark began to modernize Greenland. As in Greenland as a whole, Nuuk is populated today by both Inuit ...