Kulusuk Airport

Airport Kulusuk Mittarfik Kulusuk Kulusuk Lufthavn
Characteristics
ICAO code	BGKK
IATA code	KUS
Coordinates	65 ° 34 '25 "  N , 37 ° 7' 25"  W Coordinates: 65 ° 34 '25 "  N , 37 ° 7' 25"  W.
Height above MSL	36 m (118  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 km northeast of Kulusuk
Basic data
opening	1956
operator	Greenland Airport Authority ( Mittarfeqarfiit )
Terminals	1
Passengers	14,103 (2008)
Flight movements	1,691
Start-and runway
11/29	1199 m × 30 m gravel

The Kulusuk Airport ( IATA code: KUS , ICAO BGKK ) is the international airport of Greenland City Kulusuk . It is located three kilometers northeast of it and in 2008 counted around 14,103 passengers and 1,691 aircraft movements. The airport is operated by the Greenland Airport Authority ( kalaallisut Mittarfeqarfiit , Danish Grønlands Lufthavnsvæsen ) and monitored by the Civil Aviation Administration.

Furnishing

The airport has a 1199 meter long and 30 meter wide gravel or gravel runway. It does not have de-icing systems, which is often a very big problem in winter, as temperatures are often in the minus range during this time of year. In the summer, however, the airport can often not handle the number of passengers. The terminal also has a small cafeteria and a duty-free stand in the departure and arrival halls.

Airlines and Destinations

The airlines Air Greenland and Air Iceland currently fly to Kulusuk:

airline	aims
Air Greenland	Tasiilaq Airport, Nuuk Airport
Air Iceland	Reykjavík Airport

Incidents

• On July 2, 1972, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B of Rousseau Aviation ( aircraft registration F-WSGU ) was so damaged in an emergency landing that it was no longer possible to repair it on the remote airfield. The machine was on the transfer flight to the USA.

• On April 20, 1985, a Fokker F27-100 Friendship (YN-BZF) bought by the Nicaraguan airline Aeronica had an accident on its transfer flight from Europe to Nicaragua about 280 km west of Kulusuk Airport. After refueling in Reykjavik there were problems pumping the fuel from the additional tanks to the engines. Therefore, the crew decided to return to Kulusuk, but could not find the airfield due to bad weather. In the emergency landing in the snow near a radar station came from the five crew members of two killed (see also air accident of Aeronica in Greenland ) .

Web links

Commons : Kulusuk Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kulusuk Airport on the website of the Greenland Airport Authority Mittarfeqarfiit (English, Danish, Greenlandic)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Technical specifications for Kulusuk Airport ( memento of October 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 122 kB), accessed on September 1, 2012
2. ↑ Jennifer M. Gradidge: The Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / DC-3: The First Seventy Years, Volumes One and Two . Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2006, ISBN 0-85130-332-3 , p. 575.
3. ^ Accident report DC-3 F-WSGU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 27, 2016.
4. ^ Accident report F-27-100 YN-BZF , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 27, 2016.