Pituffik Space Base
Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States.
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: US military base in Greenland
- Also known as: “Bluie West Six”, “Dundas Airport”, “Letalsko oporišče Thule”, “Letecká základna Thule”, “Pituffik Airport”, “Pituffik SB”, “Pituffik Spacebase”, “Thuleko aire-basea”, “авиабаза Ту́ле”, “Космическая база Питуффик”, and “Питуффик (база)”
- Historically known as: “Thule Air Base”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pituffik and Greenland Telescope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thule.
Pituffik Space Base
- Categories: space force base, military installation, and transport
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
76.52971° or 76° 31′ 47″ north
Longitude
-68.72334° or 68° 43′ 24″ west
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Established
1951
Operator
IATA airport code
THU
ICAO airport code
BGTL
Open location code
C78HG7HG+VM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Basque: “Pituffikeko espazio-basea”
- Belarusian: “Пітуфік”
- Breton: “Bon egorel Pituffik”
- 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: “vesmírná základna Pituffik”
- Czech: “Vesmírná základna Pituffik”
- Danish: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Dutch: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Esperanto: “Aerbazo Thule”
- Estonian: “Pituffiki kosmosebaas”
- Finnish: “Pituffikin avaruustukikohta”
- Finnish: “Thulen lentotukikohta”
- French: “Base aérienne de Thulé”
- French: “Base spatiale de Pituffik”
- German: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Hebrew: “בסיס החלל פיטופיק”
- Hungarian: “Pituffik Űrbázis”
- Icelandic: “Pituffik-geimherstöðin”
- Icelandic: “Thule-herstöðin”
- Indonesian: “Pangkalan Luar Angkasa Pituffik”
- 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”
- Korean: “피투피크 우주기지”
- Latvian: “Pitufikas Kosmosa spēku bāze”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Thule AB”
- Northern Frisian: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Northern Frisian: “Pituffik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Norwegian: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Persian: “پایگاه فضایی پیتوفیک”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ثول”
- Polish: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Thule”
- Portuguese: “Base Espacial de Pituffik”
- Romanian: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Russian: “Питуффик”
- Russian: “Туле”
- Slovenian: “Vesoljsko oporišče Pituffik”
- Spanish: “Base aérea de Thule”
- Spanish: “Base espacial de Pituffik”
- Spanish: “Pituffik Space Base”
- Swedish: “Pituffik Space 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”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Thule and Baffin Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pituffik and Hospital.
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