AirportsKulusuk Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kulusuk, in Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KUS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KUS
- ICAO code
- BGKK
- City
- Kulusuk
- State or region
- Sermersooq Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 65.5736° N, 37.1236° W
- Elevation
- 36 m (117 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,199 m (3,934 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KUS means Kulusuk Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGKK. ICAO codes that begin with B belong to Greenland, Iceland and Kosovo. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 65.5736° N, 37.1236° W. It stands 36 metres (117 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Kulusuk Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,199 metres (3,934 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 18 airports of Greenland on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 1,199 m 3,934 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tasiilaq HeliportTasiilaq | AGM | 23 km |
| Kuummiut HeliportKuummiut | KUZ | 33 km |
| Tiniteqilaaq HeliportTiniteqilaaq | TQI | 47 km |
| Sermiligaaq HeliportSermiligaaq | SGG | 50 km |
| Isortoq HeliportIsortoq | IOQ | 85 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,158 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,957 km | 11 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,578 km | 9 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,584 km | 3 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,598 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 6,218 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,951 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,768 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,455 km | 20 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.