Upernavik Airport

Upernavik Airport is an located 0.5 NM northeast of , a town in Avannaata municipality in northwestern , capable of serving STOL aircraft.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Avannaata, Greenland
  • Also known as: “BGUK”, “JUV”, and “Mittarfik Upernavik”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Upernavik Museum and Church of Upernavik.

Museum
Photo: HelgeRieder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum in , a town in northwestern . It is the oldest museum in Greenland, holding an extensive collection of local art.

Church
Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upernavik.

Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is home to the largest bird cliff, Apparsuit, and unique wildlife. ’s main industry is fishing. Local settlements are spread across the 450km coastline.

Upernavik Airport

Latitude
72.79011° or 72° 47′ 24″ north
Longitude
-56.1309° or 56° 7′ 51″ west
Elevation
126 metres (413 feet)
Operator
Greenland Airport Authority
IATA airport code
JUV
ICAO airport code
BGUK
Open location code
C845QVR9+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 182920714
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7668097
Wiki­data ID
Q2748890
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Satellite Map

Discover Upernavik Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Upernavik Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار آبرناويك”
  • Basque: “Upernavikeko aireportua”
  • Cebuano: “Upernavik Airport”
  • Chinese: “烏培爾納維克機場”
  • Danish: “Upernavik Lufthavn”
  • French: “aéroport d’Upernavik”
  • French: “Aéroport d’Upernavik”
  • German: “Flughafen Upernavik”
  • Indonesian: “BGUK”
  • Indonesian: “JUV”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Upernavik”
  • Japanese: “ウペルナビク空港”
  • Latvian: “Upernavikas lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Upernavik”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Upernavik lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Upernavik lufthavn”
  • Persian: “BGUK”
  • Persian: “JUV”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه آپرناویک”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه اپرناویک”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Upernavik”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Upernavik”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Upernavik”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Upernavik”
  • Swedish: “Upernavik Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи опрновик”
  • Urdu: “اوپرناوک ہوائی اڈا”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Qeqertannguaq Timerleq and Tunoqqu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Illu Sammisassaqartitsivik Upernavik and Sullissivik Upernavik.

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