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Pituffik Space Base

Pituffik, Greenland

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Elevation

251 ft

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Location

Pituffik · AV · Greenland

Connectivity

2 routes · 2 destinations

Position

76.531°, -68.701° · 251 ft elev.

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Remote US military base at the top of the world.

Opened

1951

Location

Pituffik, Greenland

Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force installation located in northwestern Greenland, approximately 1,200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. It is the northernmost U.S. military installation in the world and sits on land leased from the Kingdom of Denmark under a 1951 defense agreement. The airfield at Pituffik supports military operations, logistical resupply missions, and scientific research in the High Arctic. Access is strictly controlled and limited to authorized military and government personnel, with no commercial airline service available to the general public. The base was renamed from Thule Air Base to Pituffik Space Base in 2023, reflecting its growing role in space surveillance and missile warning missions under the U.S. Space Force. It hosts the 821st Air Base Wing and operates advanced radar systems for ballistic missile early warning.

Terminals

There are no commercial passenger terminals; the airfield serves exclusively military and authorized government traffic.

Getting to & from

There is no civilian ground transportation; movement on the base is restricted to military vehicles and personnel.

Airlines here

No commercial airlines operate at Pituffik Space Base; all air traffic is military or government-contracted.

Notable facts

›Formerly known as Thule Air Base until renamed Pituffik Space Base in 2023.
›Northernmost U.S. military installation in the world.
›Hosts ballistic missile early warning radar systems.
›Located about 1,200 km north of the Arctic Circle in northwestern Greenland.
›The Inughuit people were relocated from the area when the base was constructed in the early 1950s.

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Airlines serving this airport

Air Greenland

Miami Air International

Routes

THU → NAQGL · BH2

THU → SVRGL · BH2

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Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States.

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