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: Aerodrome
  • Description: former US air base in Greenland
  • Also known as: “Bluie West Six”, “Dundas Airport”, “Pituffik Airport”, and “Thule Airport”
  • Historically known as: “Thule Air Base”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pituffik.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thule.

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is a village.

Pituffik Space Base

Latitude
76.52971° or 76° 31′ 47″ north
Longitude
-68.72334° or 68° 43′ 24″ west
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Operator
United States Air Force
IATA airport code
THU
ICAO airport code
BGTL
Open location code
C78HG7HG+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 615361094
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
3831683
Wiki­data ID
Q940576
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Satellite Map

Discover Pituffik Space Base from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pituffik Space Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة بيتوفيك الفضائية”
  • Arabic: “قاعدة ثول الجوية”
  • Armenian: “Թուլե”
  • Armenian: “Տուլե”
  • Asturian: “Base aérea de Thule”
  • Belarusian: “Авіябаза Туле”
  • Belarusian: “Тулэ”
  • Breton: “Bon egorel Pituffik”
  • Cebuano: “Thule Air Base”
  • Chinese: “图勒空军基地”
  • Chinese: “圖勒空軍基地”
  • Danish: “Blui West Six”
  • Danish: “Bluie West Six”
  • Danish: “Thule Air Base”
  • Danish: “Thulebasen”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Thule”
  • Dutch: “Thule Air Base”
  • Dutch: “Thule-incident”
  • Dutch: “Thule”
  • Dutch: “Vliegveld Thule”
  • Esperanto: “Aerbazo Thule”
  • Finnish: “Thule Air Base”
  • Finnish: “Thulen lentotukikohta”
  • French: “Base aérienne de Thulé”
  • French: “Base spatiale de Pituffik”
  • French: “Thule”
  • German: “BGTL”
  • German: “Pituffik”
  • German: “Thule Air Base”
  • German: “Thule-Airbase”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר טול”
  • Hungarian: “Pituffik Űrbázis”
  • Icelandic: “Thule Herstöðin”
  • Icelandic: “Thule-herstöðin”
  • Italian: “Base aerea Thule”
  • Italian: “Thule Air Base”
  • Japanese: “チューレ空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ピツフィク空港”
  • Korean: “툴레 공군기지”
  • Latvian: “Tules aviobāze”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Thule AB”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “BGTL”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “THU”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thule Air Base”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thule flystasjon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thule Air Base”
  • Norwegian: “Thule Air Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی توله”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ثول”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Pituffik”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Thule”
  • Portuguese: “Base aérea de Thule”
  • Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Thule”
  • Russian: “Авиабаза Туле”
  • Russian: “Военная база Туле”
  • Russian: “Питуффик”
  • Russian: “Туле (авиабаза)”
  • Russian: “Туле”
  • Spanish: “Base aérea de Pituffik”
  • Spanish: “Base aerea de Thule”
  • Spanish: “Base aérea de Thule”
  • Spanish: “BGTL”
  • Spanish: “THU”
  • Swedish: “Globecom Tower”
  • Swedish: “Thule Air Base”
  • Swedish: “Thule Air Force Base”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Сул”
  • Turkish: “Thule Hava Üssü”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітуффік”
  • Ukrainian: “Туле”
  • Vietnamese: “Căn cứ không quân Thule”
  • Vietnamese: “Căn cứ Không quân Thule”

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