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This is a list of airports in Greenland, grouped by type and sorted by location. Greenland (Greenlandic: ''Kalaallit Nunaat'', (デンマーク語:Grønland)) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark). Since January 2009, Greenland has been divided into four municipalities: Kujalleq, Qaasuitsup, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq. The large Northeast Greenland National Park is not part of any municipality (unincorporated). The Thule Air Base (Pituffik), located as an enclave within Qaasuitsup municipality, is also an unincorporated area and does not belong to any municipality. Previously, Greenland consisted of three counties (''amt''): Kitaa/Vestgrønland (West Greenland), Tunu/Østgrønland (East Greenland) and Avannaa/Nordgrønland (North Greenland). Kitaa had 15 municipalities; Tunu had two municipalities and Avannaa had one municipality. Air travel is extremely important in Greenland, since there are generally no roads between settlements, and distances are long. Boat travel is the main alternative, but the travel time is long by boat. == History == The first airports in Greenland were built by and for the United States defense. The first and main one was Kangerlussuaq Airport in 1941. They were initially not used for civilian travel, and they were in general not located near the local major settlement making them less useful for civilian travel. In the early 1960s, Greenlandair was founded, starting flights between the air bases, and helicopter and water plane flights to the settlements. SAS operated the connection from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq (beginning 1954 as a fuel stop to the United States), taken over by Air Greenland after year 2000. Beginning with Nuuk Airport in 1979 and Ilulissat Airport in 1983, several short runway airports were built. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of airports in Greenland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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