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Nuuk Airport

Nuuk Airport is an international airport serving , the capital of . The airport is the hub and technical base for Air Greenland, the flag carrier airline of Greenland.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport in Nuuk, Greenland
  • Also known as: “Godthaab / Nuuk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nuuk Golf Club and Nuuk Stadium.

Golf course
Photo: Nanopixi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a golf course.

Pitch
Photo: henrikkarll, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a multi-purpose venue in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches. It has a capacity for 2,000. FIFA 2-star artificial turf was installed on the pitch in July 2016.

Theater building
Photo: Alankomaat, Public domain.
Katuaq is a cultural centre in , . It is used for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, and as a cinema. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it was constructed as a joint project of the Greenland Home Rule Government, the Nuuk Municipal Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers and was inaugurated on 15 February 1997.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quassussuup Tungaa and Nuussuaq.

Neighborhood
Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of , the capital of . Together with the neighborhood, it is located in the northwestern part of the town, facing the fjord.

Quarter
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is a district of , the capital of , It is located in the northern part of the city, west and southwest of Nuuk Airport, approximately 4 km outside the city center.

Photo: Pcziko, CC BY 2.5.
, also known by its Danish name of Godthåb, is the capital and administrative centre of , with a population of around 15,000. The city is sometimes accused of being rather soulless, with many high-rise blocks.

Nuuk Airport

Latitude
64.19077° or 64° 11′ 27″ north
Longitude
-51.67996° or 51° 40′ 48″ west
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
IATA airport code
GOH
ICAO airport code
BGGH
Open location code
98PC58RC+82
Open­Street­Map ID
way 181897013
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6295697
Wiki­data ID
Q1139968
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nuuk Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار نوك”
  • Cebuano: “Nuuk Airport”
  • Chinese: “努克机场”
  • Czech: “Letiště Nuuk”
  • Danish: “Nuuk Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Nuuk”
  • Finnish: “Nuukin lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport de Nuuk”
  • French: “Aéroport de Nuuk”
  • French: “Mittarfik Nuuk”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Nuuk”
  • German: “Flughafen Nuuk”
  • Hungarian: “Nuuk repülőtér”
  • Hungarian: “Nuuki repülőtér”
  • Icelandic: “Nuuk-flugvöllur”
  • Indonesian: “BGGH”
  • Indonesian: “GOH”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Nuuk”
  • Japanese: “GOH”
  • Japanese: “ヌーク空港”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mittarfik Nuuk”
  • Korean: “누크 공항”
  • Latvian: “Nūkas lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Nuuk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nuuk lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Nuuk lufthavn”
  • Persian: “BGGH”
  • Persian: “GOH”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نوک”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Nuuk”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Godthåb”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Nuuk”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Nuuk”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Нук”
  • Russian: “Нук”
  • Russian: “Нуук”
  • Slovak: “Letisko Nuuk”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Nuuk”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Nuuk”
  • Spanish: “BGGH”
  • Spanish: “GOH”
  • Swedish: “Nuuk flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Nuuk Lufthavn”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нук”
  • Turkish: “Nuuk Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Нуук”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Nuuk”
  • “BGGH”
  • “GOH”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nukappiakuluk and Qaurunnguaq.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cement Fabrik Nuuk and Sisorarfiit Skiliften.

Greenland: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nuuk Airport”. Photo: Laketown, CC0.