THU

Pituffik Space Base

ICAO BGTL76.5306°N 68.7005°W77 m / 251 ftMedium airport
On the map
Thule Air Base control tower
Service Depicted: Air ForceCamera Operator: TSGT. LEE E. SCHADING · Public domain · Commons

Pituffik Space Base (IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL) is a medium airport in Pituffik, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 3,047 m (9,997 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1968
1943
OpenedPituffik Space Base opens.
21 JAN 1968
Disaster1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash.1 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
08T/26T085° / 265° · LIT
LENGTH3,047 m9,997 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,047 m9,997 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,108of 29,823 · =277 North America · #3 GLElevation77 m251 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,510of 43,341 · =14,901 North America · #7 GLAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · #2 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

6 channels
A/GEMERG CW FREQUENCY836.400
APPAPP134.100
CLDCLNC DEL119.900
GNDGND119.900
OPSBASE OPS131.100
TWRTWR126.200