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Upernavik airport at Upernavik (Greenland)
This airport is located near the North Pole. It is one of the northernmost airports in the world.
Upernavik airport is located near Upernavik, with Upernavik at 1mi↑, Qaarsut at 161mi↑, Uummannaq at 170mi↑, Qeqertarsuaq at 252mi↑, Qaasuitsup at 271mi↑, Ilulissat at 271mi↑, Aasiaat at 291mi↑, Qasigiannguit at 296mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Greenland and Southernmost airports in Greenland
→ See also airports in Greenland
aerial view of Upernavik airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : BGUK
- IATA code : JUV
- Local code : -
Elevation : 126 m = 413ft
→ See also Highest airports in Greenland and Lowest airports in Greenland
Runways
- runway 05/23 : 799m = 2621ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Greenland
Coming to Upernavik airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : book on Viator
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Upernavik airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Aappilattoq heliport at 13mi : book on Trip.com
- Innarsuit heliport at 28mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Upernavik airport BGUK JUV
METAR for Upernavik airport BGUK JUV
BGUK 191250Z AUTO 08013KT 9999NDV FEW041/// BKN087/// M08/M15 Q1016
Decoded METAR for Upernavik airport BGUK JUV
METAR issued by BGUK on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 120 hours and -7171 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is -8°C = 18°F, dew point is -15°C = 5°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 57%.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30inHg
Wind 24km/h = 13kt, direction is 80°.
Clouds : few clouds at 4100ft = 1250m. broken at 8700ft = 2650m.
TAF for Upernavik airport BGUK JUV
BGUK 160903Z 1609/1618 VRB05KT 9999 -SN SCT010 BKN060 TEMPO 2000 BKN010
Decoded TAF for Upernavik airport BGUK JUV
TAF issued by BGUK on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 09:03 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 8 days and 4 hours and 16 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Thursday, January 16, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Thursday, January 16, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1609/1618 VRB05KT 9999 -SN SCT010 BKN060
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light snow
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m broken at 6000ft = 1830m
temporarily
TEMPO 2000 BKN010
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
broken at 1000ft = 300m
NOTAM for Upernavik airport
Around Upernavik airport at Upernavik (Greenland)
near
- Hotels in Upernavik
- MoMA (New York) at 2292mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2358mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 2403mi↑
- Paris at 2405mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 2405mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 2530mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 2531mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 2532mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 2545mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 2545mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 2548mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 2549mi↑
- for Upernavik airport at 0mi↑
- for Aappilattoq airport at 13mi↑
- for Innarsuit airport at 28mi↑
nearest airports to Upernavik airport at Upernavik (Greenland)
- Aappilattoq heliport (BGAG AOQ ) at 13mi↑NOTAM
- Innarsuit heliport (BGIN IUI INN) at 28mi↑NOTAM
- Kangersuatsiaq heliport (BGKS KGQ ) at 31mi↑NOTAM
- Tasiusaq heliport (BGTA TQA ) at 40mi↑NOTAM
- Upernavik Kujalleq heliport (BGKL UPK) at 46mi↑NOTAM
- Nuussuaq heliport (BGNU NSQ NUS) at 93mi↑NOTAM
- Nuussuaq Icestrip airport ( GL-0009) at 94mi↑defunct airport
- Nuugaatsiaq heliport (BGNQ JUU NUG) at 106mi↑NOTAM
- Illorsuit heliport (BGLL IOT ) at 120mi↑NOTAM
- Kullorsuaq heliport (BGKQ KHQ ) at 125mi↑NOTAM
- Niaqornat heliport (BGNT NIQ ) at 148mi↑NOTAM
- Ukkusissat heliport (BGUT JUK ) at 151mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Greenland
Data sources
- 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