Kangerlussuaq Airport

Kangerlussuaq Airport is an airport in , a settlement in the municipality in central-western . It was originally built as Sondrestrom Air Base in 1941.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Greenland
  • Also known as: “BGSF”, “Kangerlussuaq (Airport) [Sondrestrom Air Base]”, “SFJ”, and “康克魯瓦機場”
  • Historically known as: “Bluie West Eight” and “Sondrestrom Air Base”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kangerlussuaq Museum and Hotel Kangerlussuaq.

Museum
Photo: Kenny McFly, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hotel
Photo: Grete Howard, CC BY 3.0.
is a hotel in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kangerlussuaq.

Photo: Elgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a settlement on the west coast of near the end of a fjord of the same name. Its Danish name is Søndre Strømfjord, and until the early 1990s was home to a U.S. military base known as Bluie West Eight.

Kangerlussuaq Airport

Latitude
67.01154° or 67° 0′ 42″ north
Longitude
-50.71613° or 50° 42′ 58″ west
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Wheelchair access
limited
Operator
Greenland Airport Authority
IATA airport code
SFJ
ICAO airport code
BGSF
UN/LOCODE
GL KAN
Open location code
98VF276M+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 181241264
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6295704
Wiki­data ID
Q631430
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kangerlussuaq Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار كانجرلوسواك”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Kangerlussuaq”
  • Cebuano: “Sdr Stroemfjord”
  • Chinese: “坎克爾路斯斯雅克機場”
  • Chinese: “康埃卢苏阿克机场”
  • Czech: “Letiště Kangerlussuaq”
  • Danish: “Kangerlussuaq Lufthavn”
  • Danish: “Søndre Strømfjord Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Kangerlussuaq”
  • Finnish: “Kangerlussuaqin lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport de Kangerlussuaq”
  • French: “Aéroport de Kangerlussuaq”
  • German: “Flughafen Kangerlussuaq”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Kangerlussuaq”
  • Japanese: “カンゲルルススアーク空港”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mittarfik Kangerlussuaq”
  • Latvian: “Kangerlusuakas lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Kangerlussuaq”
  • Northern Sami: “Kangerlussuaq girdihápman”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kangerlussuaq lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Kangerlussuaq lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه کانگرلوسواک”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Kangerlussuaq”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Kangerlussuaq”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Kangerlussuaq”
  • Russian: “Кангерлуссуак”
  • Slovenian: “letališče Kangerlussuaq”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Kangerlussuaq”
  • Swedish: “Kangerlussuaq flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Кангерлуссуак”
  • Turkish: “Kangerlussuaq Havalimanı”
  • Urdu: “کانگرلوساق ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Kangerlussuaq”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Kangerlussuaq”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sondrestrom Upper Atmospheric Research Facility and Isunngua.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: used gas-cartridge sharing point and Politi.

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