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Aviation in Greenland began with the establishment of military airbases by the US during World War II, primarily Kangerlussuaq (then Sondrestrom and Blui West Eight) and Narsarsuaq (then Blui West One). These bases later facilitated civilian flights, including transatlantic routes, before the development of a domestic network served by Air Greenland (formerly Grønlandsfly). When the company first started under the name Greenland Airlines, it was with the primary task of servicing the United States Air Force when their four DYE stations were to be supplied. The airline started with seaplanes and helicopters, expanding to fixed-wing aircraft and a network of short runway airports, eventually taking over international routes from SAS. Air Greenland has trained own staff of Greenlanders, who are today a mixture of Inuit and Danish or other Europeans and is a great success story of the development of a state owned company run commercially - albeit with subsidy, anchored in and serving the local community incl companies working in Greenland and participating in the development of tourism.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025
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Introduction
Airplanes in Greenland
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Introduction
Aviation in Greenland began with the establishment of military airbases by the US during World War II, primarily Kangerlussuaq (then Sondrestrom and Blui West Eight) and Narsarsuaq (then Blui West One).
These bases later facilitated civilian flights, including transatlantic routes, before the development of a domestic network served by Air Greenland (formerly Grønlandsfly).
When the company first started under the name Greenland Airlines, it was with the primary task of servicing the United States Air Force when their four DYE stations were to be supplied.
The airline started with seaplanes and helicopters, expanding to fixed-wing aircraft and a network of short runway airports, eventually taking over international routes from SAS.
Air Greenland has trained own staff of Greenlanders, who are today a mixture of Inuit and Danish or other Europeans and is a great success story of the development of a state owned company run commercially – albeit with subsidy, anchored in and serving the local community incl companies working in Greenland and participating in the development of tourism.
Cristina & Eric
Airplanes in Greenland
Aviation in Greenland began with the establishment of military airbases by the US during World War II, primarily Kangerlussuaq (then Sondrestrom and Blui Eight) and Narsarsuaq.
Until then Greenland had been served only by ship, see authors´ books Greenland in Ships, Art in Greenland Emanuel A Petersen and Art in Greenland Enchanted.
A fascinating tale about an early attempt to fly via Greenland to Europe in the summer of 1928, is told by Dr. William Herbert Hobbs, see ref. Two experienced flyers Bert R. J. Hassell and Parker Cramer had to land on the icecap south of an expedition designated landing site and fuel dump at today´s Sondrestrom – Kangerlussuaq as they ran out of fuel.
Dr. William Herbert Hobb gives an excellent description of Sondrestrom.
Dr. William Herbert Hobb also describes the first crossing of Greenland by air by Parker Crame and in 1931 with Oliver L. Paquette of the Canadian Government Radio Service in a Bellanca monoplane presumably fitted with floats. They left Detroit July 28, carried out their schedule and arrived at Lerwick on August 8, after having twice been forced down on the open sea. From Lerwick they took off on the 9th July 1931, ran into a bad storm, and both perished in the North Sea, where parts of the plane were afterward found.
Members of the German weather station Edelweiss II taken prisoner by US Army soldiers, 4 October 1944
Very shortly after, the German flyer von Gronau, after secret flights from Scoresby Sound on the east coast, flew from there and arrived at Sukkertoppen on the west coast.
Camp Lloyd airfield, under the name of “Söndre Stromfjord ” or “Bluei W. 8,” became the main naval and air base in Greenland.
A panorama of Kangerlussuaq taken from Black Ridge, 2013 - The airport dates from American settlement during and after World War II, when the site was known as Bluie West-8 and then Sondrestrom Air Base.
The Bluie West One air base, later known as Narsarsuaq Air Base, was located in Narsarsuaq, near the southern tip of Greenland. Bluei W. 1 in extreme south Greenland served the fighters and fighter bombers and transports on the Great Circle Ferry route.
These bases later facilitated civilian flights, including transatlantic routes, before the development of a domestic network served by Air Greenland (formerly Grønlandsfly).
When the company first started under the name Greenland Airlines, it was with the primary task of servicing the United States Air Force when their four DYE stations were to be supplied.
51st Rescue Squadron SB-17s Narsarsuaq Air Base Greenland B-17G-110-BO Fortress 43-39362 visible, 1950s
Air Greenland – known then as Grønlandsfly - started its first services with Catalina seaplanes and within the decade expanded to include DHC-3 Otters as well as Sikorsky S-61 helicopters. The majority of operations were based on helicopters until the newly established Greenland Home Rule began investing in a network of short takeoff and landing airfields. These were very expensive to construct and Greenland's airport fees are still among the highest in the world.
Air Greenland Dash 8-200 at Maniitsoq Airport 20 August 2019
Air Greenland also acquired a new fleet of DHC-7 turboprops uniquely suited to the harsh terrain and weather conditions in Greenland. The reliability of connections improved as the domestic airport network expanded in the 1990s with increasing use of the Dash 7s which made the airline less restricted by inclement weather.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Air Greenland acquired a Boeing 757 and an Airbus A330, allowing it to open connections to Copenhagen, until then operated by SAS which also competed mid to late 2000s. In the 21st century, Air Greenland competes with Icelandair for international connections and small charter services domestically.
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