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Nuuk airport was originally constructed with one asphalt runway (05/23) 950 m × 30 m (3,117 ft × 98 ft), located 283 ft (86 m) above sea level. [1] The airport terminal and apron were built on a levelled platform on an undulating slope under the Quassussuaq mountain, with the runway platform artificially elevated to compensate for the scarp ...
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 ...
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]
The airport opening will allow for visitors to get to Nuuk on a direct flight rather than have to rely on transfers
Narsarsuaq Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Narsarsuaq) (IATA: UAK, ICAO: BGBW) is an airport located in Narsarsuaq, a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Along with Nuuk Airport and Kangerlussuaq Airport , it is one of three civilian airports in Greenland capable of serving large airliners .
Kangerlussuaq Airport terminal Until November 2024, Kangerlussuaq Airport was the only civilian airport in Greenland large enough to support large long-range airplanes such as Boeing 747s , so it long served as Greenland's most important transport hub.
Boeing 767 belonging to United Airlines about to take-off from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. (Photo by: Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)/Boeing 767 belonging to United Airlines ...
[1] Owned by the Government of Greenland , it operates 13 airports, all of which can accommodate fixed-wing STOL operations year-round, and two of which can handle airliners . It also operates a large, countrywide network of 43 heliports , of which 8 are primary heliports, while the rest are considered helistops.