Kulusuk Airport guide

Kulusuk Airport sits on Kulusuk Island on the east coast of Greenland, below the Qalorujoorneq massif. The US military built the airstrip in 1956 to supply the DYE-4 Distant Early Warning Line radar station, which an 8 km road linked to the field. The current terminal opened in December 1994.

The single gravel runway, 11/29, is 1,199 metres long. The airport handled 14,738 passengers in 2012. Air Greenland flies to Nuuk and runs helicopter transfers to Tasiilaq. Icelandair has flown seasonally to Reykjavik-Keflavik, and from 2025 only in summer. Weather often disrupts flights: Greenland's government reported 413 cancellations in the first months of 2022.

The terminal has a small cafeteria, a duty-free stand and de-icing facilities installed in 2014-2015. The departures hall is small and crowds before boarding. A display there tells the story of the P-38 Glacier Girl, a Second World War fighter recovered from the Greenland ice cap in the early 1990s. Most travellers continue to Tasiilaq and other east coast settlements by helicopter or, in summer, by boat.