Qaanaaq Airport

Qaanaaq Airport is an located 1.9 NM northwest of , a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northern . It was established in 2001 to serve Qaanaaq and neighboring communities because Thule Air Base in Pituffik is not open for regular passenger traffic.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Avannaata, Greenland
  • Also known as: “BGQQ”, “NAQ”, and “فرودگاه کااناگ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qaanaaq.

Photo: Helene Brochmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly known as Thule, in northern…

Qaanaaq Airport

Latitude
77.48834° or 77° 29′ 18″ north
Longitude
-69.38874° or 69° 23′ 20″ west
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Operator
Greenland Airport Authority
IATA airport code
NAQ
ICAO airport code
BGQQ
Open location code
C79GFJQ6+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 883707678
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7668096
Wiki­data ID
Q2748862
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Qaanaaq Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار كاناك”
  • Cebuano: “Qaanaaq Airport”
  • Chinese: “卡納克機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Qaanaaq”
  • Danish: “Qaanaaq Lufthavn”
  • French: “aéroport de Qaanaaq”
  • French: “Aéroport de Qaanaaq”
  • German: “Flughafen Qaanaaq”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Qaanaaq”
  • Japanese: “カーナーク空港”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mittarfik Qaanaaq”
  • Latvian: “Kānākas lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Qaanaaq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qaanaaq lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Qaanaaq lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه کاآناگ”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Qaanaaq”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Qaanaaq”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Qaanaaq”
  • Russian: “Каанаак”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Qaanaaq”
  • Swedish: “Qaanaaq Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи кооног”
  • Urdu: “قاناق ہوائی اڈا”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Qeqertarsuaq and Kangerluarsuk.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bryant Gletsjer and Qaanaaq Police Station.

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