Airport information, from map to hotels via aeronautical information. And the aeronautical weather for the pilots with current weather and short-term forecasts with METAR (METeorological Aerodrome Report, observation message of meteorological conditions for aviation) and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term forecast message of meteorological conditions for aviation ). And other resources such as VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare flights.
Kangerlussuaq airport (Greenland)
Kangerlussuaq airport is located near Kangerlussuaq, with Kangerlussuaq at 1mi↑, Sisimiut at 80mi↑, Qeqqata at 80mi↑, Kangaamiut at 110mi↑, Kangaatsiaq at 115mi↑, Nivaaq at 119mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Greenland and Southernmost airports in Greenland
→ See also airports in Greenland
aerial view of Kangerlussuaq airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : BGSF
- IATA code : SFJ
- Local code : -
Elevation : 50 m = 164ft
→ See also Highest airports in Greenland and Lowest airports in Greenland
Runways
- runway 09/27 : 2810m = 9219ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Greenland
Coming to Kangerlussuaq airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Kangerlussuaq airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Sisimiut airport at 82mi : book on Trip.com
- Attu heliport at 100mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
METAR for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
BGSF 110020Z AUTO 04010KT 9999NDV NCD 09/02 Q1004
Decoded METAR for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
METAR issued by BGSF on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 00:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 days and 80 hours and -4310 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 9°C = 48°F, dew point is 2°C = 36°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 62 %.
QNH is 1004hPa = 29.65inHg
Wind 19km/h = 10kt, direction is 40°.
Sky clear.
TAF for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
BGSF 102300Z 1100/1206 05008KT 9999 FEW055 BECMG 1118/1120 BKN060 TEMPO 1120/1202 FEW018 BKN030
Decoded TAF for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
TAF issued by BGSF on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 23:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 9 hours and 30 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, July 11, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1100/1206 05008KT 9999 FEW055
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 50°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 5500ft = 1680m
becoming from Friday, July 11, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1118/1120 BKN060
broken at 6000ft = 1830m
temporarily from Friday, July 11, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Friday, July 11, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1120/1202 FEW018 BKN030
few clouds at 1800ft = 550m broken at 3000ft = 910m
NOTAM for Kangerlussuaq airport
Around Kangerlussuaq airport (Greenland)
near
- Hotels in Kangerlussuaq
- MoMA (New York) at 2018mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2091mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 2213mi↑
- Paris at 2214mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 2214mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 2366mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 2366mi↑
- Bordeaux at 2366mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 2366mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 2371mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 2373mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 2374mi↑
- for Kangerlussuaq airport at 0mi↑
- for Sisimiut airport at 82mi↑
- for Attu airport at 100mi↑
nearest airports to Kangerlussuaq airport (Greenland)
- Sisimiut airport (BGSS JHS ) at 82mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Attu heliport (BGAT QGQ ) at 100mi↑NOTAM
- Niaqornaarsuk heliport (BGNK ) at 102mi↑NOTAM
- Iginniarfik heliport (BGIG QFI ) at 102mi↑NOTAM
- Ikerassaarsuk heliport (BGIK QRY ) at 106mi↑NOTAM
- Kangaatsiaq heliport (BGKA QPW ) at 115mi↑NOTAM
- Ikamiut heliport (BGIT QJI ) at 116mi↑NOTAM
- Qasigiannguit heliport (BGCH JCH ) at 126mi↑NOTAM
- Maniitsoq airport (BGMQ JSU ) at 127mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Akunnaaq heliport ( QCU GL-QCU) at 127mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Greenland
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap