Narssarssuaq airport (UAK) - formerly Bluie West 1

Greenland / Narsaq / Narsarsuaq /
An airport in Greenland.

This airport was built in 1941-42 by the United States Military as part of the North Atlantic Ferry Route. Its codename was "Bluie West One".

www.greenland-guide.gl/reg-south.htm


www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vRHr531JpQ&eurl=http://planeta...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport
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Coordinates:   61°9'36"N   45°25'33"W

Comments

  • Has an interesting instrument approach, based on descending while flying northeast over the Eriksfjord. Hopefully you break out and visually execute a dog-leg final prior to smacking the mountain south of the airport.
  • the picture on the left is not in Greenland
  • The false picture is now deleted. All remaining six pictures are Narsarsuaq,
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This article was last modified 13 years ago