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Nuuk International Airport

ICAO BGGH64.1911°N 51.6791°W86 m / 283 ftLarge airport
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Nuuk International Airport (IATA: GOH, ICAO: BGGH) is a large airport in Nuuk, Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. It opened in 1979. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,217 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

Timeline

1 event · 1979–1979
1979
OpenedNuuk International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
04/22 · LIT
LENGTH2,200 m7,217 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 miKEF · Keflavik International Airport · 1,401 km / 871 miKEFGOH

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GOH. From the Wikipedia article “Nuuk Airport” (revision of 8 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,200 m7,217 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,323of 29,823 · #739 North America · #5 GLElevation86 m283 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,720of 43,341 · =14,606 North America · #6 GLAgeOpened 19792026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,900of 15,079 · =5,880 North America · #3 GLRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =1 GL
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
AFISAFIS119.100