# Upernavik Airport (JUV / BGUK)

**Upernavik Airport** (IATA: JUV, ICAO: BGUK) is a small airport in Upernavik, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It opened on 1 Oct 2000. It has one runway, 799 m (2,621 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JUV / BGUK
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Greenland Airport Authority
- Serves: Upernavik, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland
- Opened: 1 Oct 2000 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 126 m / 414 ft
- Coordinates: 72.7902, -56.1306
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 799 m / 2,621 ft
- Time zone: UTC-2/-1 · America/Nuuk
- Website: http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/lufthavne/upernavik/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upernavik_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748890
- Weather station: BGUK
- Ident: BGUK

## Timeline

- 1 Oct 2000: Upernavik Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 799 m / 2,621 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 799 m / 2,621 ft | =19,481 of 29,858 | =8,275 in North America | =12 in GL |
| Elevation | 126 m / 414 ft | =28,768 of 43,403 | =13,585 in North America | #4 in GL |
| Age | Opened 2000 | =11,262 of 15,079 | =8,856 in North America | #9 in GL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in GL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | Upernavik AFIS | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #44
- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #11

## 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: “Upernavik Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upernavik_Airport&oldid=1363084810), 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/bguk/data