Information of Thule Air Base

Pituffik, Qaanaaq, Greenland

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Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	BGTL
Airport IATA Code:	THU
Longitude/Latitude:	W 068° 42' 11.38"/N 76° 31' 52.33" -68.703161/76.531203
Elevation:	251 ft / 76.50 m
Location:	Pituffik, Qaanaaq, Greenland
Magnetic Variation:	W 52°47.8' (2008-04)

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Air/Ground	EMERG CW FREQUENCY	8364 K
Approach Control	APP	134.1 M	363.8 M
Clearance Delivery	CLNC DEL	119.9 M
Ground Control	GND	119.9 M	275.8 M
Operations	BASE OPS	131.1 M
Tower	TWR	126.2 M	255.6 M

Communication Remarks

Tower - All acft ctc Base Ops prior to engine start. All acft ctc Thule ATC OT Base Ops when TWR closed to request engine start.

Runway Information

Runway 08T/26T

Dimension:	9997 x 140 ft / 3047.1 x 42.7 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 08T	Runway 26T
Longitude:	-68.761511 / W 068° 45' 41.44"	-68.644814 / W 068° 38' 41.33"
Latitude:	76.530006 / N 76° 31' 48.02"	76.532400 / N 76° 31' 56.64"
End Elevation:	167.0 ft	251.0 ft
Alignment:	085.0	265.0
Slope:	0.8	-0.8
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	203.0	Unknown
Lighting System 1:	Sequenced Flashing Lights	High Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 2:	High Intensity Runway Lights	Runway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 3:	Runway Alignment Lights	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator
Lighting System 4:	Runway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 5:	ALSF-1
Lighting System 6:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator