Kangerlussuaq Airport Mittarfik Kangerlussuaq Kangerlussuaq Lufthavn | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kangerlussuaq, Greenland | ||||||||||
| Location | Kangerlussuaq, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Air Greenland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 165 ft / 50 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 67°01′01″N 050°41′22″W / 67.01694°N 50.68944°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Kangerlussuaq Airport | ||||||||||
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Kangerlussuaq Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Kangerlussuaq, Danish: Kangerlussuaq Lufthavn, formerly Søndre Strømfjord Lufthavn in Danish) (IATA: SFJ, ICAO: BGSF) is an airport in Kangerlussuaq, a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. Alongside Narsarsuaq Airport, it is one of only two civilian airports in Greenland large enough to handle large aircraft. It is located away from the coast and hence less prone to fog and wind in comparison with other airports in Greenland. Kangerlussuaq Airport is the international hub for Air Greenland. The Kangerlussuaq area has very few inhabitants (around 500), so few travellers have their origin or destination here; most travellers change aircraft.
Most traffic will move to Nuuk Airport in 2024, coinciding with the opening of its new lengthened runway and terminal.[3]
- ^ Greenland AIP for BGSF – Kangerlussuaq Airport from Naviair
- ^ "Dropbox - Operationer og pax 2012-1988.xls". Dropbox.
- ^ Cela, Margrét, and Pia Hansson. Geopolitics and Neglected Arctic Spaces: Three Northern Perspectives on Balancing External Interests. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 2020. JSTOR website Retrieved 14 Sept. 2023.