# Qaanaaq Airport (NAQ / BGQQ)

**Qaanaaq Airport** (IATA: NAQ, ICAO: BGQQ) is a medium airport in Qaanaaq, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It opened in 2001. It has one runway, 900 m (2,953 ft) long, gravel. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NAQ / BGQQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Greenland Airport Authority
- Serves: Qaanaaq, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland
- Opened: 2001 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 16 m / 51 ft
- Coordinates: 77.4886, -69.3887
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 900 m / 2,953 ft
- Time zone: UTC-4/-3 · America/Thule
- Website: http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/lufthavne/qaanaaq/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaanaaq_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748862
- Weather station: BGQQ
- Ident: BGQQ

## Timeline

- 2001: Qaanaaq Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 900 m / 2,953 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel |  | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [SRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgsi.md) Siorapaluk Heliport · Greenland · 45 km / 28 mi · Air Greenland
- [GL-0019](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gl-0019.md) Moriusaq Heliport · Greenland · 83 km / 52 mi · Air Greenland
- [JUV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bguk.md) Upernavik Airport · Greenland · 642 km / 399 mi · Air Greenland

### Seasonal (1)

- [JAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgjn.md) Ilulissat Airport · Greenland · 1,076 km / 669 mi · Air Greenland

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GL [Air Greenland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-greenland) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 900 m / 2,953 ft | #17,123 of 29,858 | #7,166 in North America | #10 in GL |
| Elevation | 16 m / 51 ft | =39,170 of 43,403 | =17,749 in North America | #16 in GL |
| Age | Opened 2001 | =11,465 of 15,079 | =9,043 in North America | #10 in GL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in GL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Aerodrome Flight Information Service | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [THU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgtl.md) Pituffik Space Base · 108 km / 67 mi

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #3

## 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: “Qaanaaq Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qaanaaq_Airport&oldid=1363073377), revision of 7 Jul 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/bgqq/data