Last updated September 22 2020

This page shows my collection of airport postcards from Greenland.

The postcards are shown per city.

Søndre Strømfjord (1)

Number of postcards: 1

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Tack!

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Søndre Strømfjord

Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord) airport
[SFJ/BGSF]

The first airport was built here during the US occupation in 1941 under the name of Bluie West-8,
later renamed Sondrestromfjord Air Base and Sondrestrom Air Base.

In the mid 1950s, transatlantic civilian flights began using the air base for refueling. In 1956, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was flying "Polar route" service with three round trip flights per week being operated with Douglas DC-6B propliners on a routing of Copenhagen - Sondre Stromfjord (now Kangerlussuaq) - Winnipeg - Los Angeles. This use enabled air travel to Greenland, but fell off in the 1960s as airliners gained greater range. The airport was handed over to civilian Greenlandic control in 1992.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
SAS

Identified aircraft typess on my postcards
Douglas DC-8

SAS Scandinavian Airlines System
Douglas DC-8-33
SE-DBC
Visbur Viking
The Royal Greenland Trade Department
DC-8 and the signpost at
Söndre Strömfjord
VC
Cancelled: August 13 1979