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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
At a late 2011 Air Greenland meeting, plans to move the main Greenland intercontinental air hub away from Kangerlussuaq were agreed upon. From 2011 it has not been possible to buy new aircraft, except for very small ones, which can use the 800–900 m (2,600–3,000 ft) airstrips which are common in Greenland including Nuuk Airport.
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.
It was Greenland's main air transport hub and the site of Greenland's largest commercial airport until the new airport opened at Nuuk on 28th November 2024. The airport dates from American settlement during and after World War II, when the site was known as Bluie West-8 and then Sondrestrom Air Base. The Kangerlussuaq area is also home to ...