BBC News
Adrienne Murray Nielsen
21 October 2024
A new international airport will soon open in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, allowing larger aircraft to land for the first time - paving the way for direct flights from the US and Europe.
It’s the first of three airport projects that officials hope will boost the local economy, by making the Arctic territory more accessible than ever before.
Covered by an ice cap and sparsely populated, Greenland is a vast autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Its capital Nuuk, on the southwestern coast, is a small town of 18,000 residents. Modern apartment blocks and colourful wooden cottages look out over a wide sea fjord.
But from the end of November, large planes will be able to land at Nuuk for the first time, thanks to a new longer runway, and a sleek new terminal building.
Read on: Greenland to get new international airport at capital Nuuk - BBC News
