Narsarsuaq Airport
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Narsarsuaq Airport Mittarfik Narsarsuaq Narsarsuaq Lufthavn |
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Narsarsuaq Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) |
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| Serves | Narsarsuaq | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 112 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°09′39″N 45°25′32″W / 61.16083°N 45.42556°WCoordinates: 61°09′39″N 45°25′32″W / 61.16083°N 45.42556°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Narsarsuaq Airport | ||||||||||
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Source: Danish AIS
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| Passengers | 26,284 |
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Narsarsuaq Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Narsarsuaq) (IATA: UAK, ICAO: BGBW) is an airport located in Narsarsuaq, a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Along with Kangerlussuaq Airport, it is one of two airports in Greenland capable of serving large airliners. It is also the only international airport in southern Greenland. The settlement it serves is small, with the airport primarily functioning as a transfer point for passengers heading for the helicopter hubs of Air Greenland in Qaqortoq and Nanortalik.
The airfield at Narsarsuaq was first built by the American Department of Defense (then known as the War Department) as an army airbase, its construction beginning in July 1941 and the first aircraft landing in January 1942. During World War II the airbase−codenamed Bluie West One−hosted squadrons of PBY Catalina flying boats and B-25 Mitchell bombers with the assignment to escort allied convoys and track and destroy German submarines.
A military hospital with 250 beds was completed in 1943. Approximately 4,000 people were stationed at the base during the war. It is estimated that during that time more than 10,000 aircraft were ferried through the airbase. On 6 July 1942 the supply ship "SS Montrose" was wrecked on a cliff in the Tunulliarfik Fjord southwest of the airbase. The first aircraft from the Danish Air Force stationed at Narsarsuaq was a PBY Catalina in 1947 and a B-17 Flying Fortress in 1948.
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