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Upernavik Airport

Upernavik, Greenland

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BGUK

Elevation

414 ft

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JUV

Location

Upernavik · AV · Greenland

Connectivity

9 routes · 9 destinations

Position

72.790°, -56.131° · 414 ft elev.

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Remote Arctic gateway serving northwest Greenland's isolated communities.

Location

Upernavik, Greenland

Upernavik Airport (IATA: JUV, ICAO: BGUK) is a small regional airport serving the town of Upernavik, located on a small island in the Upernavik Archipelago in northwest Greenland. It sits at an elevation of approximately 175 feet above sea level and operates a single gravel runway, making it one of the more remote airports in Greenland. The airport primarily serves as a lifeline connection for the surrounding communities, providing essential air access to a region otherwise reachable only by boat during ice-free seasons or by dogsled in winter. Air Greenland operates scheduled services connecting Upernavik to other Greenlandic settlements and to larger hubs such as Ilulissat. Given Greenland's vast and sparsely populated territory, the airport plays a critical logistical role for local residents, supply deliveries, and occasional polar research or tourism activities in the region.

Terminals

The airport has a single small terminal building suited to the low passenger volumes of a remote Arctic community.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options are extremely limited, with the airport located close to the small town of Upernavik, accessible mainly on foot or by local vehicle.

Airlines here

Air Greenland is the primary and dominant carrier operating scheduled services at Upernavik Airport.

Notable facts

›Upernavik is one of Greenland's northernmost airports, serving a town above the Arctic Circle.
›The runway is unpaved (gravel), limiting the types of aircraft that can operate there.
›The airport serves as a vital lifeline for local communities that are otherwise geographically isolated.
›Air Greenland connects Upernavik to other remote settlements in the region using small turboprop aircraft.
›Upernavik town is situated on a small island, making the airport critically important for year-round access.

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Route map (8 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Air Greenland

Miami Air International

Routes

JUV → AOQGL · BH2

JUV → IUIGL · BH2

JUV → JAVGL · DH8

JUV → KGQGL · BH2

JUV → KHQGL · BH2

JUV → NAQGL · DH8

JUV → NSQGL · BH2

JUV → TQAGL · BH2

JUV → UPKGL · BH2

Aircraft operating here

Bell 2127 routes DH82 routes

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Upernavik Airport is an airport located 0.5 NM northeast of Upernavik, a town in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, capable of serving STOL aircraft. It is used as a transfer airport for passenger/cargo traffic to northern Greenland, and serves as a local helicopter hub of Air Greenland with flights to settlements in the Upernavik Archipelago.

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Upernavik Airport

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