CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Narsarsuaq Airport - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"89be2fff-16cb-47d1-aab2-a94a4538b6e5","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Narsarsuaq_Airport","wgTitle":"Narsarsuaq Airport","wgCurRevisionId":1258759957,"wgRevisionId":1258759957,"wgArticleId":4102784,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas","CS1 Danish-language sources (da)","Webarchive template wayback links","Articles with Danish-language sources (da)","Articles with short description","Short description matches Wikidata","Use dmy dates from May 2014","Coordinates on Wikidata","Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata","Articles containing Greenlandic-language text","All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from November 2024", "Commons category link is on Wikidata","Pages using the Kartographer extension","Airports in Greenland"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Narsarsuaq_Airport","wgRelevantArticleId":4102784,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":10000,"wgCoordinates":{"lat":61.16083333333333,"lon":-45.425555555555555},"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false, "wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q2915005","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.kartographer.style":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.tablesorter.styles":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready", "ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.kartographer.staticframe","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.tablesorter","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.gadget.WikiMiniAtlas","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.kartographer.style%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cjquery.tablesorter.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg/1200px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="674"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg/800px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="450"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg/640px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="360"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Narsarsuaq Airport - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Narsarsuaq_Airport rootpage-Narsarsuaq_Airport skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Narsarsuaq+Airport" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Narsarsuaq+Airport" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Narsarsuaq+Airport" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Narsarsuaq+Airport" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-World_War_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>World War II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-After_the_war" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#After_the_war"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>After the war</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-After_the_war-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Decline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Decline</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Decline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Future" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Future"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Future</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Future-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Facilities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Facilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Facilities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Facilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Airlines_and_destinations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Airlines_and_destinations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Airlines and destinations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Airlines_and_destinations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accidents_and_incidents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accidents_and_incidents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Accidents and incidents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Accidents_and_incidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ground_transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ground_transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Ground transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ground_transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Narsarsuaq Airport</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 19 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-19" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">19 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83" title="مطار نارسارسواك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مطار نارسارسواك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport" title="Narsarsuaq Airport – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Narsarsuaq Airport" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leti%C5%A1t%C4%9B_Narsarsuaq" title="Letiště Narsarsuaq – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Letiště Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Lufthavn" title="Narsarsuaq Lufthavn – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Narsarsuaq Lufthavn" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flughafen_Narsarsuaq" title="Flughafen Narsarsuaq – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Flughafen Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeropuerto_de_Narsarsuaq" title="Aeropuerto de Narsarsuaq – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aeropuerto de Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9" title="فرودگاه نارسارسواک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فرودگاه نارسارسواک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9roport_de_Narsarsuaq" title="Aéroport de Narsarsuaq – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aéroport de Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%9E%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A7" title="נמל התעופה נרסארסואק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נמל התעופה נרסארסואק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuakas_lidosta" title="Narsarsuakas lidosta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Narsarsuakas lidosta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapangan_Terbang_Narsarsuaq" title="Lapangan Terbang Narsarsuaq – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Lapangan Terbang Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luchthaven_Narsarsuaq" title="Luchthaven Narsarsuaq – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Luchthaven Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_lufthavn" title="Narsarsuaq lufthavn – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Narsarsuaq lufthavn" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_lotniczy_Narsarsuaq" title="Port lotniczy Narsarsuaq – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Port lotniczy Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroporto_de_Narsarsuaq" title="Aeroporto de Narsarsuaq – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aeroporto de Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroportul_Narsarsuaq" title="Aeroportul Narsarsuaq – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Aeroportul Narsarsuaq" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaqin_lentoasema" title="Narsarsuaqin lentoasema – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Narsarsuaqin lentoasema" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_flygplats" title="Narsarsuaq flygplats – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Narsarsuaq flygplats" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%BE%D2%B3%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Фурудгоҳи норсорсуок – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Фурудгоҳи норсорсуок" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q2915005#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Narsarsuaq_Airport" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Narsarsuaq_Airport" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Narsarsuaq_Airport" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&oldid=1258759957" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Narsarsuaq_Airport&id=1258759957&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNarsarsuaq_Airport"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNarsarsuaq_Airport"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Narsarsuaq_Airport" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q2915005" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> <div id="mw-indicator-coordinates" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><span id="coordinates"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Narsarsuaq_Airport&params=61_09_39_N_45_25_32_W_region:GL_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">61°09′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">45°25′32″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">61.16083°N 45.42556°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">61.16083; -45.42556</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Airport located in Narsarsuaq, Kujalleq, Greenland</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black; font-size: 125%"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn org">Narsarsuaq Airport</div><br /><div style="display:inline;" class="nickname">Mittarfik Narsarsuaq</div><br /><div style="display:inline;" class="nickname">Narsarsuaq Lufthavn</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg/250px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg/375px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg/500px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2176" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-weight:bold;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <span class="nickname">UAK</span></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <span class="nickname">BGBW</span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black">Summary</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Airport type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Public</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greenland_Airport_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenland Airport Authority">Greenland Airport Authority</a><br />(Mittarfeqarfiit)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Serves</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narsarsuaq" title="Narsarsuaq">Narsarsuaq</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation <a href="/wiki/Height_above_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Height above sea level">AMSL</a></th><td class="infobox-data">112 ft / 34 m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Narsarsuaq_Airport&params=61_09_39_N_45_25_32_W_region:GL_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">61°09′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">45°25′32″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">61.16083°N 45.42556°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">61.16083; -45.42556</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data plainlinksneverexpand"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mit.gl/en/todays-flights/airports/narsarsuaq-airport/">Narsarsuaq Airport</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:220px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:220px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:220px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="BGBW is located in Greenland"><img alt="BGBW is located in Greenland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg/220px-Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg/330px-Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg/440px-Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1669" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:91.803%;left:42.508%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BGBW"><img alt="BGBW" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/10px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/15px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Airplane_silhouette.svg/20px-Airplane_silhouette.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div>BGBW</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Greenland</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_9c5a08ff035f544780e259a563b160ceffb2de5f"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&revid=1258759957&groups=_9c5a08ff035f544780e259a563b160ceffb2de5f" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&revid=1258759957&groups=_9c5a08ff035f544780e259a563b160ceffb2de5f 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black"><a href="/wiki/Runway" title="Runway"><span style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color:black;">Runways</span></a> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #e6e6ff"> <th rowspan="2" style="width: 15%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 0 0; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Naming" title="Runway">Direction</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 50%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; text-align: center;">Length </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width: 35%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 0 1px; text-align: center;">Surface </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #e6e6ff"> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">m </th> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">ft </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">06/24 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">1,830 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">6,004 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">Concrete </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black">Statistics (2012)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Passengers</th><td class="infobox-data">26,284</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #eee"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Danish <a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_Information_Service" title="Aeronautical Information Service">AIS</a><sup id="cite_ref-AIP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Narsarsuaq Airport</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greenlandic_language" title="Greenlandic language">Greenlandic</a>: <i lang="kl">Mittarfik Narsarsuaq</i>) (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>UAK</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>BGBW</b>) is an airport located in <a href="/wiki/Narsarsuaq" title="Narsarsuaq">Narsarsuaq</a>, a settlement in the <a href="/wiki/Kujalleq" title="Kujalleq">Kujalleq</a> municipality in southern <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>. Along with <a href="/wiki/Kangerlussuaq_Airport" title="Kangerlussuaq Airport">Kangerlussuaq Airport</a>, it is one of two airports in Greenland capable of serving large <a href="/wiki/Airliner" title="Airliner">airliners</a>. It is also the only <a href="/wiki/International_airport" title="International airport">international airport</a> in southern Greenland. The settlement it serves is small, with the airport primarily functioning as a transfer point for passengers heading for the <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> hubs of <a href="/wiki/Air_Greenland" title="Air Greenland">Air Greenland</a> in <a href="/wiki/Qaqortoq_Heliport" title="Qaqortoq Heliport">Qaqortoq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nanortalik_Heliport" title="Nanortalik Heliport">Nanortalik</a>. The airport is due to be closed in late 2026 when <a href="/wiki/Qaqortoq_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaqortoq Airport">Qaqortoq Airport</a> is scheduled to open.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal.jpg/220px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal.jpg/330px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal.jpg/440px-Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2176" /></a><figcaption>Terminal at Narsarsuaq Airport</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The airfield at Narsarsuaq was first built by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">United States Department of War</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>) as an army airbase, its construction beginning in July 1941 and the first aircraft landing in January 1942. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the airbase−codenamed <i><a href="/wiki/Bluie_West_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluie West One">Bluie West One</a></i>−hosted <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadrons</a> of <a href="/wiki/PBY_Catalina" class="mw-redirect" title="PBY Catalina">PBY Catalina</a> flying boats and <a href="/wiki/B-25_Mitchell" class="mw-redirect" title="B-25 Mitchell">B-25 Mitchell</a> bombers with the assignment to escort allied convoys and track and destroy German <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a>. </p><p>A military hospital with 250 beds was completed in 1943. Approximately 4,000 people were stationed at the base during the war. It is estimated that, during that time, more than 10,000 aircraft were ferried through the airbase. On 6 July 1942, the supply ship SS <i>Montrose</i> was wrecked on a cliff in the <a href="/wiki/Tunulliarfik_Fjord" title="Tunulliarfik Fjord">Tunulliarfik Fjord</a> southwest of the airbase. The first aircraft from the <a href="/wiki/Danish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Air Force">Danish Air Force</a> stationed at Narsarsuaq was a PBY Catalina in 1947 and a <a href="/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortress</a> in 1948.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_war">After the war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: After the war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narsarsuaq-airport-sikorsky-s61n.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Narsarsuaq-airport-sikorsky-s61n.jpg/220px-Narsarsuaq-airport-sikorsky-s61n.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Narsarsuaq-airport-sikorsky-s61n.jpg/330px-Narsarsuaq-airport-sikorsky-s61n.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Narsarsuaq-airport-sikorsky-s61n.jpg/440px-Narsarsuaq-airport-sikorsky-s61n.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2176" /></a><figcaption>Air Greenland served all primary heliports in southern Greenland with a <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61" title="Sikorsky S-61">Sikorsky S-61</a>N helicopter until the mid 2010s.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narsarsuaq_Airport_Overview_looking_SW.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Narsarsuaq_Airport_Overview_looking_SW.jpg/220px-Narsarsuaq_Airport_Overview_looking_SW.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Narsarsuaq_Airport_Overview_looking_SW.jpg/330px-Narsarsuaq_Airport_Overview_looking_SW.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Narsarsuaq_Airport_Overview_looking_SW.jpg/440px-Narsarsuaq_Airport_Overview_looking_SW.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5803" data-file-height="3868" /></a><figcaption>Looking southwest over Narsarsuaq Airport and Tunugdliafik (Eriks Fjord) in November 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>Civil air traffic began in 1949 with <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-4" title="Douglas DC-4">Douglas DC-4</a> propliners operated by <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines" title="Scandinavian Airlines">Scandinavian Airlines System</a> (SAS) and <a href="/wiki/Icelandair" title="Icelandair">Icelandair</a>. US and <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> signed <i>The Agreement related to the defense of Greenland</i> on 27 April 1951, with both countries agreeing to share the Bluie West One airbase. In 1952, the Danish Air Force stationed <i>Airgroup West</i> with a PBY Catalina at the airport. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">US Air Force</a> left <a href="/wiki/Bluie" title="Bluie">Bluie</a> West One in November 1958,<sup id="cite_ref-warbird2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warbird2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the airbase was closed. In January 1959, <a href="/wiki/Hans_Hedtoft_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Hedtoft (ship)">M/S <i>Hans Hedtoft</i></a> of Denmark and all on board were lost near the southern tip of Greenland. The Danish Authorities decided to reopen the airport soon after. From November 1959, the Danish Air Force had three PBY Catalinas stationed at Narsarsuaq with the assignment to make ice-observations along the coast of Greenland, and these observations were broadcast to ships in the area. </p><p>In the 1960s and 1970s, <a href="/wiki/Greenlandair" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenlandair">Greenlandair</a> and SAS both served Narsarsuaq with <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6</a> propliners<sup id="cite_ref-anniversary_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anniversary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Icelandair operated <a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">Boeing 727</a> jets. During the 1980s, SAS operated <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8</a> jets at Narsarsuaq. Since 1 January 1988, the airport has been operated by <a href="/wiki/Mittarfeqarfiit" class="mw-redirect" title="Mittarfeqarfiit">Mittarfeqarfiit</a>, the <i>Greenland Airport Administration</i>. Ice-observations are still based at Narsarsuaq and carried out with the <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_AS350" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurocopter AS350">AS350 Eurocopter</a> aircraft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline">Decline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The airport served as a regional <a href="/wiki/Focus_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Focus city">focus city</a> for Air Greenland until the late 2000s, when tough economic conditions forced the airline to raise the low season prices several times.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the airline announced the sale of <i>Kunuunnguaq</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_757" title="Boeing 757">Boeing 757-200</a>, one of two airliners in the fleet, serving the Narsarsuaq-Copenhagen route. Later the same year, the airline announced the acquisition of two new <a href="/wiki/STOL" title="STOL">STOL</a> aircraft, being <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Dash_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier Dash 8">de Havilland Canada Dash-8 200</a> turboprops, one of which would serve the newly opened triangular route between Narsarsuaq, <a href="/wiki/Nuuk" title="Nuuk">Nuuk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Keflav%C3%ADk_International_Airport" title="Keflavík International Airport">Reykjavík-Keflavík</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new route was closed before the first flights could commence, adding to resentment amongst businesses and the community of South Greenland.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The declared demand for the direct connection with Iceland was not reflected in ticket sales numbers, which contributed to the pullout decision.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the Boeing airliner sold on 26 April 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the entire Kujalleq municipality, and southern Greenland in general remains without prospects for a direct connection to continental Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-future_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-future-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Late-2000s_recession" class="mw-redirect" title="Late-2000s recession">financial crisis of 2008–2010</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Air_travel_disruption_after_the_2010_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull_eruption" title="Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption">air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption</a> both contributed to lower passenger demand, while competition from <a href="/wiki/Air_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Iceland">Air Iceland</a> on the route to Iceland rendered the prospected Air Greenland route to Denmark unprofitable, leading directly to the decline in traffic in southern Greenland. Re-establishment of a direct route to continental Europe was unlikely to happen in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-future_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-future-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, flights to/from Copenhagen started in the summer by chartering a separate operator. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future">Future</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Qaqortoq#Transport" title="Qaqortoq">Qaqortoq § Transport</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Qaqortoq_Heliport" title="Qaqortoq Heliport">Qaqortoq Heliport</a></div> <p>The new airport in Qaqortoq is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in late 2026. This eliminates the need for Narsarsuaq as a domestic and Iceland-bound gateway to South Greenland. In 2022, the Greenlandic government decided that Narsarsuaq will be downscaled to a heliport, losing the runway.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">General aviation</a>, historic planes and ferry flights crossing the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic ocean">North Atlantic ocean</a> must use alternative airports for refuelling. <a href="/wiki/Narsarsuaq" title="Narsarsuaq">Narsarsuaq</a> village will remain inhabited, though the loss of the airport function is already having its toll.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Greenland Air Trophy took place at Narsarsuaq Airport, 30 June 2019. The winning pilot was Rene Petersen of Greenland, second and third places both taken by French pilots. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the terminal there is a simple cafeteria, a <a href="/wiki/Duty-free" class="mw-redirect" title="Duty-free">duty-free</a> 'Nanoq' shop,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as a small tourist office, which helps coordinate <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> activities at the airport. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Airlines_and_destinations">Airlines and destinations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Airlines and destinations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><tbody><tr><th>Airlines</th><th class="unsortable">Destinations</th></tr><tr><td> <a href="/wiki/Air_Greenland" title="Air Greenland">Air Greenland</a> </td><td> <a href="/wiki/Alluitsup_Paa_Heliport" title="Alluitsup Paa Heliport">Alluitsup Paa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kangerlussuaq_Airport" title="Kangerlussuaq Airport">Kangerlussuaq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nanortalik_Heliport" title="Nanortalik Heliport">Nanortalik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narsaq_Heliport" title="Narsaq Heliport">Narsaq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuuk_Airport" title="Nuuk Airport">Nuuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qaqortoq_Heliport" title="Qaqortoq Heliport">Qaqortoq</a><sup id="cite_ref-gl_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gl-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><b>Seasonal:</b> <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen_Airport" title="Copenhagen Airport">Copenhagen</a> </td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/wiki/Icelandair" title="Icelandair">Icelandair</a> </td><td> <b>Seasonal:</b> <a href="/wiki/Keflav%C3%ADk_International_Airport" title="Keflavík International Airport">Reykjavík–Keflavík</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On 13 May 1957, a DC-4 freight aircraft operated by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Overseas_Airlines" title="United States Overseas Airlines">United States Overseas Airlines</a> hit the icecap on approach to Narsarsuaq. Two were killed, of three on board.<sup id="cite_ref-N68736_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-N68736-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>On 5 August 2001, Dassault Falcon 20C freight aircraft of Naske Air crashed on approach to Narsarsuaq. It planned a fuel stop, going from Poland to the US. Three people were killed, including a passenger.<sup id="cite_ref-AS20010805_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AS20010805-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ground_transport">Ground transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ground transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Transfers to local settlements are normally done by boat or helicopter flights. <a href="/wiki/Diskoline" title="Diskoline">Diskoline</a> sells tickets to boats to <a href="/wiki/Narsaq" title="Narsaq">Narsaq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qaqortoq" title="Qaqortoq">Qaqortoq</a>. Boats require a bus transfer since the port is around 2.5 km (1.5 mi) from the terminal.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AIP-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AIP_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Greenland <a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_Information_Publication" title="Aeronautical Information Publication">AIP</a> for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://naviair-public.sharepoint.com/AIM%20Documents/AIP%20Gr%C3%B8nland/AIP%20PART%203%20-%20FLYVEPLADSER%20(AD)/AD%202%20AERODROMES/Narsarsuaq%20(BGBW)/BG_AD_2_BGBW_en.pdf">BGBW – Narsarsuaq Airport</a> from <a href="/wiki/Naviair" title="Naviair">Naviair</a> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFVeirum2022" class="citation web cs1">Veirum, Thomas Munk (31 March 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/236371">"Borgerne har fået besked om Narsarsuaq - den lukkes for fly"</a>. <i>SermitsiaqAG</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=SermitsiaqAG&rft.atitle=Borgerne+har+f%C3%A5et+besked+om+Narsarsuaq+-+den+lukkes+for+fly&rft.date=2022-03-31&rft.aulast=Veirum&rft.aufirst=Thomas+Munk&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.ag%2Fnode%2F236371&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRedaktionen2023" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Redaktionen (7 October 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sermitsiaq.ag/erhverv/qaqortoqs-nye-lufthavn-yderligere-forsinket-narsarsuaq-lufthavn-skal-forblive-i-drift-indtil-2026/464723">"Qaqortoqs nye lufthavn yderligere forsinket: Narsarsuaq Lufthavn skal forblive i drift indtil 2026"</a>. <i>www.sermitsiaq.ag</i> (in Danish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 October</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.sermitsiaq.ag&rft.atitle=Qaqortoqs+nye+lufthavn+yderligere+forsinket%3A+Narsarsuaq+Lufthavn+skal+forblive+i+drift+indtil+2026&rft.date=2023-10-07&rft.au=Redaktionen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sermitsiaq.ag%2Ferhverv%2Fqaqortoqs-nye-lufthavn-yderligere-forsinket-narsarsuaq-lufthavn-skal-forblive-i-drift-indtil-2026%2F464723&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-warbird2-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-warbird2_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.warbirdforum.com/bluie2.htm">warbirdforum.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-anniversary-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-anniversary_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://50.airgreenland.dk/60'erne/">Air Greenland, 50th anniversary website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100528050947/http://50.airgreenland.dk/60'erne/">Archived</a> 28 May 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Danish)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article68934.ece">"Air Greenland: Kritikken holder ikke"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sermitsiaq_(newspaper)" title="Sermitsiaq (newspaper)">Sermitsiaq</a></i> (in Danish). 30 December 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sermitsiaq&rft.atitle=Air+Greenland%3A+Kritikken+holder+ikke&rft.date=2008-12-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.gl%2Ferhverv%2Farticle68934.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sermitsiaq.gl/indland/article98957.ece">"Simon Simonsen ikke tilfreds"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sermitsiaq_(newspaper)" title="Sermitsiaq (newspaper)">Sermitsiaq</a></i> (in Danish). 6 October 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sermitsiaq&rft.atitle=Simon+Simonsen+ikke+tilfreds&rft.date=2009-10-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.gl%2Findland%2Farticle98957.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100503201138/http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article98936.ece">"Air Greenland sælger Kunuunnguaq i 2010"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sermitsiaq_(newspaper)" title="Sermitsiaq (newspaper)">Sermitsiaq</a></i> (in Danish). 6 October 2009. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article98936.ece">the original</a> on 3 May 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sermitsiaq&rft.atitle=Air+Greenland+s%C3%A6lger+Kunuunnguaq+i+2010&rft.date=2009-10-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.gl%2Ferhverv%2Farticle98936.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article98953.ece">"Flere sydgrønlandske flyafgange"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sermitsiaq_(newspaper)" title="Sermitsiaq (newspaper)">Sermitsiaq</a></i> (in Danish). 6 October 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sermitsiaq&rft.atitle=Flere+sydgr%C3%B8nlandske+flyafgange&rft.date=2009-10-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.gl%2Ferhverv%2Farticle98953.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100415231218/http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article115147.ece">"Erhvervsliv raser mod Air Greenland"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sermitsiaq_(newspaper)" title="Sermitsiaq (newspaper)">Sermitsiaq</a></i> (in Danish). 14 April 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article115147.ece">the original</a> on 15 April 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sermitsiaq&rft.atitle=Erhvervsliv+raser+mod+Air+Greenland&rft.date=2010-04-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.gl%2Ferhverv%2Farticle115147.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://airgreenland.dk/index.php?pageid=425&newsid=842">Air Greenland News Archive</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120601/http://airgreenland.dk/index.php?pageid=425&newsid=842">Archived</a> 19 July 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Danish)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100430235459/http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article116472.ece">"Farvel til Kunuunnguaq"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sermitsiaq_(newspaper)" title="Sermitsiaq (newspaper)">Sermitsiaq</a></i> (in Danish). 26 April 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article116472.ece">the original</a> on 30 April 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sermitsiaq&rft.atitle=Farvel+til+Kunuunnguaq&rft.date=2010-04-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.gl%2Ferhverv%2Farticle116472.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-future-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-future_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-future_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120525102122/http://sermitsiaq.gl/leder/article117037.ece">"Sermitsiaq mener: Farvel til atlantruten"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sermitsiaq_(newspaper)" title="Sermitsiaq (newspaper)">Sermitsiaq</a></i> (in Danish). 3 May 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sermitsiaq.gl/leder/article117037.ece">the original</a> on 25 May 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sermitsiaq&rft.atitle=Sermitsiaq+mener%3A+Farvel+til+atlantruten&rft.date=2010-05-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.gl%2Fleder%2Farticle117037.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVeirum2022" class="citation web cs1">Veirum, Thomas Munk (31 March 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/236371">"Borgerne har fået besked om Narsarsuaq - den lukkes for fly"</a>. <i>SermitsiaqAG</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=SermitsiaqAG&rft.atitle=Borgerne+har+f%C3%A5et+besked+om+Narsarsuaq+-+den+lukkes+for+fly&rft.date=2022-03-31&rft.aulast=Veirum&rft.aufirst=Thomas+Munk&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.ag%2Fnode%2F236371&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMøller_Andersen2022" class="citation web cs1">Møller Andersen, Nina-Vivi (4 April 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/236398">"Borgere i Narsarsuaq: Folk er begyndt at flytte"</a>. <i>SermitsiaqAG</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=SermitsiaqAG&rft.atitle=Borgere+i+Narsarsuaq%3A+Folk+er+begyndt+at+flytte&rft.date=2022-04-04&rft.aulast=M%C3%B8ller+Andersen&rft.aufirst=Nina-Vivi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsermitsiaq.ag%2Fnode%2F236398&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://iserit.greennet.gl/bgbw/location.html">greennet.gl</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gl-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gl_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100422211033/http://book.airgreenland.com/">"Booking system"</a>. Air Greenland. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://book.airgreenland.com/">the original</a> on 22 April 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Booking+system&rft.pub=Air+Greenland&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbook.airgreenland.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221124-fins23">"Icelandair NS23 Operation Changes – 23NOV22"</a>. <i>Aeroroutes</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 November</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Aeroroutes&rft.atitle=Icelandair+NS23+Operation+Changes+%E2%80%93+23NOV22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aeroroutes.com%2Feng%2F221124-fins23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-N68736-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-N68736_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570513-0">"N68736 Accident description"</a>. Aviation Safety Network<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=N68736+Accident+description&rft.pub=Aviation+Safety+Network&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19570513-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AS20010805-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AS20010805_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010805-0">"Accident description"</a>. Aviation Safety Network<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Accident+description&rft.pub=Aviation+Safety+Network&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D20010805-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANarsarsuaq+Airport" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The distance is seen on images such as Google Maps. The operator <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blueice.gl/boat-transfers/">Blue Ice</a> mentions a car, but it's more likely a minibus because of the boat size.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Narsarsuaq_Airport" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Narsarsuaq Airport">Narsarsuaq Airport</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mit.gl/en/todays-flights/airports/narsarsuaq-airport/">Official website</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Airports_in_Greenland" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Airports_in_Greenland" title="Template:Airports in Greenland"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Airports_in_Greenland" title="Template talk:Airports in Greenland"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Airports_in_Greenland" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Airports in Greenland"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Airports_in_Greenland" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Greenland" title="List of airports in Greenland">Airports</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">Airports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/International_airport" title="International airport">Major international</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kangerlussuaq_Airport" title="Kangerlussuaq Airport">Kangerlussuaq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/International_airport" title="International airport">Minor international</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ilulissat_Airport" title="Ilulissat Airport">Ilulissat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulusuk_Airport" title="Kulusuk Airport">Kulusuk</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Narsarsuaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerlerit_Inaat_Airport" title="Nerlerit Inaat Airport">Nerlerit Inaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuuk_Airport" title="Nuuk Airport">Nuuk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Domestic_airport" title="Domestic airport">Domestic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aasiaat_Airport" title="Aasiaat Airport">Aasiaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maniitsoq_Airport" title="Maniitsoq Airport">Maniitsoq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paamiut_Airport" title="Paamiut Airport">Paamiut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaanaaq_Airport" title="Qaanaaq Airport">Qaanaaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaarsut_Airport" title="Qaarsut Airport">Qaarsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisimiut_Airport" title="Sisimiut Airport">Sisimiut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upernavik_Airport" title="Upernavik Airport">Upernavik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heliport" title="Heliport">Heliports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Domestic_airport" title="Domestic airport">Domestic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alluitsup_Paa_Heliport" title="Alluitsup Paa Heliport">Alluitsup Paa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ittoqqortoormiit_Heliport" title="Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport">Ittoqqortoormiit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanortalik_Heliport" title="Nanortalik Heliport">Nanortalik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narsaq_Heliport" title="Narsaq Heliport">Narsaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaqortoq_Heliport" title="Qaqortoq Heliport">Qaqortoq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasigiannguit_Heliport" title="Qasigiannguit Heliport">Qasigiannguit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qeqertarsuaq_Heliport" title="Qeqertarsuaq Heliport">Qeqertarsuaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasiilaq_Heliport" title="Tasiilaq Heliport">Tasiilaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uummannaq_Heliport" title="Uummannaq Heliport">Uummannaq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aappilattoq_Heliport_(Kujalleq)" title="Aappilattoq Heliport (Kujalleq)">Aappilattoq (Kujalleq)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aappilattoq_Heliport_(Qaasuitsup)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aappilattoq Heliport (Qaasuitsup)">Aappilattoq (Qaasuitsup)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akunnaaq_Heliport" title="Akunnaaq Heliport">Akunnaaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammassivik_Heliport" title="Ammassivik Heliport">Ammassivik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attu_Heliport" title="Attu Heliport">Attu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iginniarfik_Heliport" title="Iginniarfik Heliport">Iginniarfik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikamiut_Heliport" title="Ikamiut Heliport">Ikamiut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikerasaarsuk_Heliport" title="Ikerasaarsuk Heliport">Ikerasaarsuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikerasak_Heliport" title="Ikerasak Heliport">Ikerasak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilimanaq_Heliport" title="Ilimanaq Heliport">Ilimanaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illorsuit_Heliport" title="Illorsuit Heliport">Illorsuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innaarsuit_Heliport" title="Innaarsuit Heliport">Innaarsuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isortoq_Heliport" title="Isortoq Heliport">Isortoq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaatsiaq_Heliport" title="Kangaatsiaq Heliport">Kangaatsiaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangersuatsiaq_Heliport" title="Kangersuatsiaq Heliport">Kangersuatsiaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitsissuarsuit_Heliport" title="Kitsissuarsuit Heliport">Kitsissuarsuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kullorsuaq_Heliport" title="Kullorsuaq Heliport">Kullorsuaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuummiit_Heliport" title="Kuummiit Heliport">Kuummiit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriusaq_Heliport" title="Moriusaq Heliport">Moriusaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narsaq_Kujalleq_Heliport" title="Narsaq Kujalleq Heliport">Narsarmijit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niaqornaarsuk_Heliport" title="Niaqornaarsuk Heliport">Niaqornaarsuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niaqornat_Heliport" title="Niaqornat Heliport">Niaqornat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuugaatsiaq_Heliport" title="Nuugaatsiaq Heliport">Nuugaatsiaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuussuaq_Heliport" title="Nuussuaq Heliport">Nuussuaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qeqertaq_Heliport" title="Qeqertaq Heliport">Qeqertaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saattut_Heliport" title="Saattut Heliport">Saattut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saqqaq_Heliport" title="Saqqaq Heliport">Saqqaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savissivik_Heliport" title="Savissivik Heliport">Savissivik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermiligaaq_Heliport" title="Sermiligaaq Heliport">Sermiligaaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siorapaluk_Heliport" title="Siorapaluk Heliport">Siorapaluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasiusaq_Heliport_(Kujalleq)" title="Tasiusaq Heliport (Kujalleq)">Tasiusaq (Kujalleq)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasiusaq_Heliport_(Qaasuitsup)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasiusaq Heliport (Qaasuitsup)">Tasiusaq (Qaasuitsup)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiniteqilaaq_Heliport" title="Tiniteqilaaq Heliport">Tiniteqilaaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukkusissat_Heliport" title="Ukkusissat Heliport">Ukkusissat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upernavik_Kujalleq_Heliport" title="Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport">Upernavik Kujalleq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_air_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Military air base">Military</a> and <a href="/wiki/Research_station" title="Research station">research</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kangilinnguit" title="Kangilinnguit">Kangilinnguit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEEM_Camp" title="NEEM Camp">NEEM Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base" title="Pituffik Space Base">Pituffik Space Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Camp" title="Summit Camp">Summit Camp</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&oldid=1258759957">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&oldid=1258759957</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Airports_in_Greenland" title="Category:Airports in Greenland">Airports in Greenland</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_gadget_WikiMiniAtlas" title="Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas">Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Danish-language_sources_(da)" title="Category:CS1 Danish-language sources (da)">CS1 Danish-language sources (da)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_Danish-language_sources_(da)" title="Category:Articles with Danish-language sources (da)">Articles with Danish-language sources (da)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_May_2014" title="Category:Use dmy dates from May 2014">Use dmy dates from May 2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coordinates_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Coordinates on Wikidata">Coordinates on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Infobox_mapframe_without_OSM_relation_ID_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata">Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Greenlandic-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Greenlandic-language text">Articles containing Greenlandic-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_November_2024" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from November 2024">Articles with unsourced statements from November 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_is_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata">Commons category link is on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_the_Kartographer_extension" title="Category:Pages using the Kartographer extension">Pages using the Kartographer extension</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 21 November 2024, at 13:39<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Narsarsuaq_Airport&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-lsrvg","wgBackendResponseTime":168,"wgKartographerLiveData":{"_9c5a08ff035f544780e259a563b160ceffb2de5f":[{"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoshape","url":"https://maps.wikimedia.org/geoshape?getgeojson=1\u0026ids=Q2915005","properties":{"title":"Narsarsuaq Airport","fill-opacity":0.5,"stroke":"#FF0000","stroke-width":3,"fill":"#606060"}},{"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","url":"https://maps.wikimedia.org/geoline?getgeojson=1\u0026ids=Q2915005","properties":{"stroke-width":5,"stroke":"#FF0000","title":"Narsarsuaq Airport"}},{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[-45.425555555555555,61.16083333333333],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"marker-color":"#5E74F3","title":"Narsarsuaq Airport","marker-symbol":"airport"}}]},"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.722","walltime":"0.920","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2968,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":82664,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":5143,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":14,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":6,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":71973,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 830.419 1 -total"," 29.05% 241.238 2 Template:Infobox"," 28.02% 232.659 1 Template:Infobox_airport"," 25.57% 212.305 1 Template:Reflist"," 13.95% 115.857 8 Template:Cite_web"," 13.85% 115.009 1 Template:Langx"," 9.22% 76.585 1 Template:Short_description"," 7.29% 60.520 1 Template:Airports_in_Greenland"," 7.27% 60.388 3 Template:Navbox"," 5.63% 46.766 2 Template:Pagetype"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.484","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":22397864,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-2jqt7","timestamp":"20241122145749","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Narsarsuaq Airport","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narsarsuaq_Airport","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q2915005","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q2915005","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2006-02-17T08:09:39Z","dateModified":"2024-11-21T13:39:52Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c9\/Narsarsuaq-airport-terminal-from-tarmac.jpg","headline":"airport located in Narsarsuaq, Kujalleq, Greenland"}</script> </body> </html>