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Nov 25, 2016 (newstodate): The future of Greenland's current Atlantic airport at Kangerlussuaq/Sdr Stromfjord remains unsettled.
The airport is not comprised by the scope of business of the new company Kalaallit Airport A/S, Greenland Airports, that has been established to materialize plans for a new airports infrastructure in Greenland.
Kalaallit Airport will thus carry out the plans to extend the runway at the capital airport at Nuuk from today's 950m to 1,800m, Ilulissat Airport will have its runway extended to 1,800m from today's 845m, and a new airport will be constructed at Qaqortoq with a 1,200m runway.
When these projects are completed, air traffic between Greenland and Denmark might operate directly into Nuuk and Ilulissat with requiring any transfer through Kangerlussuaq or Narsarsuaq, as is the case today.
To secure the future of Kangerlussuaq in the longer term will require massive maintenance and reconstruction works on the airport's runway that is impacted by changes in the permafrost conditions.
This summer, six cracks in the runway surface have thus been repaired to secure the operational performance, and earlier estimates are that a full reconstruction of the airport would carry a DKK 2 bio price tag.
The airport is not comprised by the scope of business of the new company Kalaallit Airport A/S, Greenland Airports, that has been established to materialize plans for a new airports infrastructure in Greenland.
Kalaallit Airport will thus carry out the plans to extend the runway at the capital airport at Nuuk from today's 950m to 1,800m, Ilulissat Airport will have its runway extended to 1,800m from today's 845m, and a new airport will be constructed at Qaqortoq with a 1,200m runway.
When these projects are completed, air traffic between Greenland and Denmark might operate directly into Nuuk and Ilulissat with requiring any transfer through Kangerlussuaq or Narsarsuaq, as is the case today.
To secure the future of Kangerlussuaq in the longer term will require massive maintenance and reconstruction works on the airport's runway that is impacted by changes in the permafrost conditions.
This summer, six cracks in the runway surface have thus been repaired to secure the operational performance, and earlier estimates are that a full reconstruction of the airport would carry a DKK 2 bio price tag.