Qaanaaq Airport
Qaanaaq Airport is an airport located 1.9 NM northwest of Qaanaaq, a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland. It was established in 2001 to serve Qaanaaq and neighboring communities because Thule Air Base in Pituffik is not open for regular passenger traffic.
- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 16 metres (52 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code NAQ
- …has the ICAO airport code BGQQ
- …is operated by the Greenland Airport Authority
- Description: airport in Avannaata, Greenland
- Also known as“BGQQ”“NAQ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qaanaaq.
Qaanaaq Airport
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Latitude
77.48834° or 77° 29′ 18″ north
Longitude
-69.38874° or 69° 23′ 20″ west
Open location code
C79GFJQ6+8G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway = aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Qaanaaq Airport” goes by many names.
مطار كاناكArabic
Qaanaaq AirportCebuano
卡納克機場Chinese
BGQQCzech
Letiště QaanaaqCzech
NAQCzech
Qaanaaq LufthavnDanish
BGQQIndonesian
NAQIndonesian
aeroporto di QaanaaqItalian
カーナーク空港Japanese
Mittarfik QaanaaqKalaallisut
Kānākas lidostaLatvian
Lapangan Terbang QaanaaqMalay
Qaanaaq lufthavnNorwegian
Qaanaaq lufthavnNorwegian Bokmål
BGQQPersian
NAQPersian
فرودگاه کاآناگPersian
Port lotniczy QaanaaqPolish
Aeroportul QaanaaqRomanian
КаанаакRussian
Qaanaaq AirportSwedish
Фурудгоҳи кооногTajik
قاناق ہوائی اڈاUrdu
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