Nuuk Airport

Nuuk Mittarfik Airport Nuuk Godthåb Lufthavn
Characteristics
ICAO code	BGGH
IATA code	GOH
Coordinates	64 ° 11 '25 "  N , 51 ° 40' 25"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 11 '25 "  N , 51 ° 40' 25"  W.
Height above MSL	86 m (282  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	4 km northeast of Nuuk
Basic data
operator	Greenland Airport Authority ( Mittarfeqarfiit )
Terminals	1
Passengers	69,324 (2012)
Flight movements	4162 (2012)
Start-and runway
05/23	950 m × 30 m asphalt

The Nuuk Airport ( IATA: GOH , ICAO: BGGH ) is the international passenger airport of under Danish standing domination island Greenland and is located near the capital Nuuk .

The airport, which is equipped with distance measuring equipment , is the home airport of Air Greenland and is also served by Air Iceland .

Airlines and Destinations

The hangar of Air Greenland .

The following destinations are served:

• Kangerlussuaq
• Ilulissat
• Maniitsoq
• Sisimiut
• Narsarsuaq
• Paamiut
• Kulusuk
• Keflavík (Iceland)
• Reykjavík (Iceland)

In addition, villages in the area are served by helicopter . In the summer months there are occasional connections to Copenhagen . A regular connection to the Canadian Iqaluit was canceled due to unprofitability except for a few charter flights in the summer and now requires a change in Keflavík.

Incidents

• On May 12, 1962, a Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) of Eastern Provincial Airways (CF-IHA) operated on behalf of Greenlandair , with which a domestic flight was to be carried out from Kangerlussuaq to Nuuk, crashed while landing in the water a fjord. After landing, the aircraft filled with water from the bow after the nose gear flaps were pulled out on landing and the landing gear shaft was deformed. Since the emergency exits were blocked by pieces of luggage, 15 of the 21 people on board drowned (see also Greenlandair's flight accident at Nuuk 1962 ) .

Web links

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

• Nuuk Airport on the website of the Greenland Airport Authority Mittarfeqarfiit (English, Danish, Greenlandic)
• Nuuk Airport on the Air Greenland website (English, Danish, Greenlandic)
• World Aero Data

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2012 data for Nuuk Airport
2. ↑ Accident report PBY-5A CF-IHA in ICAO Circular 71-AN / 63.
3. ^ Accident report PBY-5A CF-IHA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 6, 2020.