# Nuuk International Airport (GOH / BGGH)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/bggh

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GOH / BGGH
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Greenland Airport Authority
- Serves: Nuuk, Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland
- Opened: 1979
- Elevation: 86 m / 283 ft
- Coordinates: 64.1911, -51.6791
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,217 ft
- Time zone: UTC-2/-1 · America/Nuuk
- Website: https://airports.gl/en/airport/nuuk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuuk_Airport (31 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139968
- Weather station: BGGH
- Ident: BGGH

## Timeline

- 1979: Nuuk International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,200 m / 7,217 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [KEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bikf.md) Keflavik International Airport · Iceland · 1,401 km / 871 mi · Icelandair

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GOH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- FI [Icelandair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/icelandair) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,217 ft | =3,323 of 29,858 | #739 in North America | #5 in GL |
| Elevation | 86 m / 283 ft | =31,768 of 43,403 | =14,612 in North America | #6 in GL |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =5,873 in North America | #3 in GL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in GL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 119.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [JSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgmq.md) Maniitsoq Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Nuuk Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuuk_Airport&oldid=1373924661), revision of 8 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/bggh/data