Ilulissat Airport North - Greenland

Far above the Arctic Circle on Greenland’s west coast, the lights of Ilulissat Airport glow against the snow under a starry sky. Hangars and work lights line the apron, and on clear nights from late August into April the northern lights often ripple across the sky above the runway.

Ilulissat lies about 155 miles (250 km) north of the Arctic Circle, so in winter the sun stays below the horizon for weeks, and in summer it never sets at all. The town’s name means “icebergs” in Greenlandic, and small propeller planes link it with the rest of Greenland.

Just south of town, giant icebergs drift out of the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site fed by one of the fastest-moving glaciers on Earth. In summer, humpback whales feed among the bergs in Disko Bay, and you can watch the icebergs drift past on our Ilulissat Icefjord cam.

Did You Know? Scientists think the iceberg that sank the Titanic in 1912 may have broken off a glacier on Greenland’s west coast, possibly the one feeding the Ilulissat Icefjord.

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