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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↑, Qasigiannguit at 125mi↑, Maniitsoq at 126mi↑,→ 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
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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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
weather : overcast at Kangerlussuaq
16 ↗ 32°F
wind ↑ 4mph
extreme cold alert with 16°F at Kangerlussuaq
Wednesday : snow alert with 2in at Kangerlussuaq
Aviation weather for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
METAR for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
BGSF 021550Z AUTO 24011KT 9999NDV BKN140/// 01/M04 Q1008
Decoded METAR for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
METAR issued by BGSF on Friday, May 2, 2025 at 15:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 122 hours and -7195 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 1°C = 34°F, dew point is -4°C = 25°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 69 %.
QNH is 1008hPa = 29.77inHg
Wind 20km/h = 11kt, direction is 240°.
Clouds : broken at 14000ft = 4270m.
TAF for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
BGSF 021100Z 0212/0318 06008KT 9999 BKN150 BECMG 0213/0215 26010KT 0221/0223 BKN050 TEMPO 0223/0303 BKN030 0303/0305 2000 -SN BKN012 0305/0311 8000 SCT012 BKN025 0311/0313 NSW BKN035 0313/0318 SCT035
Decoded TAF for Kangerlussuaq airport BGSF SFJ
TAF issued by BGSF on Friday, May 2, 2025 at 11:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 5 days and 6 hours and 55 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, May 2, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, May 2, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
0212/0318 06008KT 9999 BKN150
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 60°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 15000ft = 4570m
becoming from Friday, May 2, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Friday, May 2, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0213/0215 26010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 260°
from Friday, May 2, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Friday, May 2, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
0221/0223 BKN050
broken at 5000ft = 1520m
temporarily from Friday, May 2, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Friday, May 2, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0223/0303 BKN030
broken at 3000ft = 910m
from Friday, May 2, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 3, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
0303/0305 2000 -SN BKN012
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
light snow
broken at 1200ft = 370m
from Saturday, May 3, 2025 à 05:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 3, 2025 à 11:00 heure UTC
0305/0311 8000 SCT012 BKN025
Visibility is 8km = 5mi.
scattered clouds at 1200ft = 370m broken at 2500ft = 760m
from Saturday, May 3, 2025 à 11:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 3, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
0311/0313 NSW BKN035
no significant weather
broken at 3500ft = 1070m
from Saturday, May 3, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 3, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
0313/0318 SCT035
scattered clouds at 3500ft = 1070m
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 TAF 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 TAF NOTAM
- Akunnaaq heliport ( QCU GL-QCU) at 127mi↑
- Aasiaat airport (BGAA JEG ) at 130mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Raven Skiway airport ( GL-0004) at 130mi↑
→ 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