Nuuk Airport

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Nuuk Airport
IATA: GOH – ICAO: BGGH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Greenlandic Airport Administration
Serves		Nuuk
Location		Nuuk
Elevation AMSL		283 ft / 86 m
Coordinates		64°11′32″N, 51°40′57″W
Website		Official web site
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
05/23	3,116	950	Asphalt

Nuuk Airport (or Godthaab/Nuuk Airport, Kalaallisut: Mittarfik Nuuk (the sole official name), Danish: Nuuk lufthavn), (IATA: GOH, ICAO: BGGH) is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of Nuuk (Danish name: Godthåb), the capital of Greenland. It has a field elevation of 86 m (283 ft) above sea level. It has one asphalt runway (05/23) of 950 m (3,116 ft), equipped with Distance Measuring Equipment. The airport is closed on Sunday. Nuuk airport is operated by Air Greenland with De Havilland Canada Dash 7 and Sikorsky S-61. Air Iceland has also opened the first international route to Reykjavík in Iceland.

[edit] Destinations

Air Greenland (Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq, Kulusuk, Maniitsoq, Narsarsuaq, Paamiut, Sisimiut)
Air Iceland (Reykjavík-Keflavik) [seasonal May 29 - Sep 05, 2008]