Narsarsuaq Airport

Narsarsuaq Airport is a heliport and former international airport in , , . Along with , for over 70 years it was one of only two civilian airports in Greenland capable of serving large aircraft.
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport located in Narsarsuaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
  • Also known as: “BGBW”, “Narsarsuaq (Airport) [Narsarsuaq Air Base]”, and “UAK”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arboretum Groenlandicum.

Garden
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is a garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Narsarsuaq and Qassiarsuk.

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is a village in . The village is based around the airport, which was built in 1941 by the US military, but is now in commercial use.

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is a settlement in the municipality, in southern . Its population was 39 in 2020. is part of the Kujataa World Heritage Site, due to its historical importance as the homestead of Erik the Red and its unique testimony to Greenlandic farming.

Narsarsuaq Airport

Latitude
61.16052° or 61° 9′ 38″ north
Longitude
-45.42598° or 45° 25′ 34″ west
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
IATA airport code
UAK
ICAO airport code
BGBW
Open location code
98HP5H6F+6J
Geo­Names ID
6295690
Wiki­data ID
Q2915005
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Narsarsuaq Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار نارسارسواك”
  • Cebuano: “Narsarsuaq Airport”
  • Chinese: “納沙斯瓦哥”
  • Chinese: “納沙斯瓦哥機場”
  • Chinese: “纳萨尔苏瓦克机场”
  • Czech: “BGBW”
  • Czech: “letiště Narsarsuaq”
  • Czech: “Letiště Narsarsuaq”
  • Czech: “UAK”
  • Danish: “Bluie West One”
  • Danish: “BW-1”
  • Danish: “Narsarsuaq Airport”
  • Danish: “Narsarsuaq Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “luchthaven Narsarsuaq”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Narsarsuaq”
  • Finnish: “Narsarsuaqin lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport de Narsarsuaq”
  • French: “Aéroport de Narsarsuaq”
  • German: “Flughafen Narsarsuaq”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה נרסארסואק”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה בנרסארסואק”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה נרסארסואק”
  • Indonesian: “BGBW”
  • Indonesian: “UAK”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Narsarsuaq”
  • Japanese: “ナルサルスアーク空港”
  • Latvian: “Narsarsuakas lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Narsarsuaq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “BGBW”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Narsarsuaq Airport”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Narsarsuaq lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “UAK”
  • Norwegian: “Narsarsuaq lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نارسارسواک”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Narsarsuaq”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Narsarsuaq”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Narsarsuaq”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Narsarsuaq”
  • Swedish: “Narsarsuaq flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи норсорсуок”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Narsarsuaq”

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