Overview:-
- The weather at Narsarsuaq Airport in southern Greenland isn’t much warmer than Antarctica, and the approach to the airport’s 6,000-foot runway is one of the most difficult in the world. It requires flying up Tunulliarfik Fjord with severe turbulence and wind shear even on the calmest days of the year.
- While the wind is a bother, southern Greenland’s nearby Eyjafjallajökull Volcano can be even more of a headache. When it erupts, as it did in 2010, its volcanic ash cloud is infused with very small particles of glass (silica, from melting ice) that can destroy aircraft engines.
