AirportsQaanaaq Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Qaanaaq, in Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NAQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NAQ
- ICAO code
- BGQQ
- City
- Qaanaaq
- State or region
- Avannaata Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 77.4886° N, 69.3887° W
- Elevation
- 16 m (51 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,010 m (3,314 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NAQ means Qaanaaq Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGQQ. 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 77.4886° N, 69.3887° W. It stands 16 metres (51 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Qaanaaq Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,010 metres (3,314 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 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 1,010 m 3,314 ft | 100 m | Gravel | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Siorapaluk HeliportSiorapaluk | SRK | 45 km |
| Savissivik HeliportSavissivik | SVR | 196 km |
| Grise Fiord AirportGrise Fiord, Canada | YGZ | 358 km |
| Pond Inlet AirportPond Inlet, Canada | YIO | 586 km |
| Tasiusaq HeliportTasiusaq | TQA | 587 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,013 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,001 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,035 km | 10 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,968 km | 5 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,103 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,390 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,239 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,290 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,786 km | 18 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
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