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Pituffik Space Base

Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the .
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  • Type: Airbase
  • Description: US base in Greenland
  • Also known as: “Bluie West Six”, “Dundas Airport”, and “Pituffik Airport”
  • Historically known as: “Thule Air Base”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thule Air Base and Pituffik.

Aerodrome
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Pituffik Space Base, formerly , is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the .

Dwelling
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is a former Inughuit settlement in , near Mount Dundas at the eastern end of in northern . It was located on the plain that is now occupied by the runway of the U.S. Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thule.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Pituffik Space Base.

Pituffik Space Base

Latitude
76.5312° or 76° 31′ 52″ north
Longitude
-68.70316° or 68° 42′ 11″ west
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
IATA airport code
THU
ICAO airport code
BGTL
Open location code
C78HG7JW+FP
Geo­Names ID
3831683
Wiki­data ID
Q131520504
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pituffik Space Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة ثول الجوية”
  • Armenian: “Տուլե”
  • Asturian: “Base aérea de Thule”
  • Belarusian: “Пітуфік”
  • Belarusian: “Туле”
  • Catalan: “Base espacial de Pituffik”
  • Catalan: “base espacial Pituffik”
  • Chinese: “图勒空军基地”
  • Chinese: “皮圖菲克太空基地”
  • Czech: “Letecká základna Thule”
  • Czech: “vesmírná základna Pituffik”
  • Czech: “Vesmírná základna Pituffik”
  • Danish: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Danish: “Thule Air Base”
  • Dutch: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Dutch: “Thule Air Base”
  • Esperanto: “Aerbazo Thule”
  • Finnish: “Pituffikin avaruustukikohta”
  • Finnish: “Thule Air Base”
  • Finnish: “Thulen lentotukikohta”
  • French: “Base aérienne de Thulé”
  • French: “Base spatiale de Pituffik”
  • French: “Thule Air Base”
  • German: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • German: “Thule Air Base”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס החלל פיטופיק”
  • Icelandic: “Pituffik-geimherstöðin”
  • Icelandic: “Thule Air Base”
  • Icelandic: “Thule-herstöðin”
  • Italian: “Base aerea Thule”
  • Italian: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Japanese: “チューレ空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ピツフィク宇宙軍基地”
  • Latvian: “Pitufikas Kosmosa spēku bāze”
  • Latvian: “Thule Air Base”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Thule AB”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pituffik”
  • Northern Frisian: “Thule Air Base”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thule Air Base”
  • Norwegian: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه فضایی پیتوفیک”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ثول”
  • Polish: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Polish: “Thule Air Base”
  • Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Thule”
  • Portuguese: “Base Espacial de Pituffik”
  • Romanian: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Russian: “авиабаза Ту́ле”
  • Russian: “Космическая база Питуффик”
  • Russian: “Питуффик (база)”
  • Russian: “Питуффик”
  • Russian: “Туле”
  • Slovenian: “Letalsko oporišče Thule”
  • Slovenian: “Pituffik Spacebase”
  • Slovenian: “Vesoljsko oporišče Pituffik”
  • Spanish: “Base aérea de Thule”
  • Spanish: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Swedish: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Swedish: “Thule Air Base”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Сул”
  • Turkish: “Pituffik Space Base”
  • Turkish: “Thule Hava Üssü”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітуффік (авіабаза)”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітуффік”
  • Ukrainian: “Туле”
  • Vietnamese: “Căn cứ Không quân Thule”
  • “Pituffik Space Base”
  • “Thule Air Base”

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