Nuuk Airport equally well wait for better Nuuk weather in Copenhagen or Iceland. The airport is located northeast of Nuuk Centrum. The former suburbs of Nuuk, such as Nuussuaq, Quassussuup Tungaa, and Qinngorput, incorporated into the town in the last decade, have brought the city closer to the airport. As of 2010 the airport is within walking distance of the nearest continuously inhabited area, its runway approximately from the University of Greenland campus. There is an alpine ski course only from the airport terminal. Nuuk Airport has a passenger terminal, and a cargo terminal of Air Greenland. It serves as the technical
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