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Canada's Arctic Sovereignty  –  Denmark's Claims in the Arctic  –  April 2005 Denmark's  Arctic  Assets  and  Canada's  Response  –  Sovereignty and Strategic Resources of the High Arctic Sidebar  –  a Comparison of Airports and Airstrips in Nunavut and Greenland "Fasten your seat-belts ... it's going to be a bumpy ride! "   Airstrips in the Arctic Below is a comparison of the airports and major airstrips of Greenland and Nunavut. Note that Iqaluit  is the sole paved airport in Nunavut, while seven of  the ten  fields on  Greenland  are  surfaced  with  tarmac. (So too, of course, is the USAF base at Thule). Note also that  we  have  listed  only the  civilian  airfields  in  Nunavut’s   Baffin  Region.   CFS  Alert   is  not  listed,  nor are  the  civilian  fields  in   Nunavut’s  Keewatin  or  Kitikmeot  Regions,   nor  those in  the  Northwest  Territories  or  in  the  Yukon. Nunavut  (Baffin Region)      Greenland Airport Runway Surface   Airport Runway Surface         Thule AFB  (USAF) 3050m paved Iqaluit          2680m paved   Søndre Strømfjord 2800m paved Resolute 2000m gravel   Narsarsuaq 1825m paved Nanisivik 1950m gravel   Kulusuk 1275m gravel Hall Beach 1600m gravel   Constable Pynt 1050m gravel Cape Dorset 1200m gravel   Nuuk [Godthåb]  945m paved Pond Inlet 1200m gravel   Qaarsut  [1]   885m gravel Qikiqtarjuaq 1150m gravel   Jakobshavn   825m paved Igloolik 1150m gravel   Aasiaat   790m paved Sanikiluaq 1150m gravel   Maniitsoq   790m gravel Clyde River 1050m gravel   Sisimiut   790m paved Pangnirtung   880m gravel   ——————————     Grise Fiord   600m gravel     [1]  Uummannaq     Kimmirut [2]   580m gravel     [2]  Lake Harbour     <   Return to:   Part 2  –  Danish Arctic Assets  –  Air Force Capabilities