Myggbukta Airport

The airstrip was closed due to the permanent abandonment of the Myggbukta hunting, meteorological, and radio station it served. In 1959, the Norwegian state, which had operated the station, decided to cease operations. With the station's closure, the associated landing strip became obsolete and was no longer maintained.

The site is an abandoned historical location situated within the boundaries of the Northeast Greenland National Park, the world's largest and most northerly national park. The original station buildings are now in ruins, and the airstrip is unmaintained, likely overgrown, and completely unusable for aviation. The area is a protected wilderness, and access is strictly regulated, requiring a permit from the Greenlandic government. The site is occasionally visited by scientific expeditions or expeditionary cruise ships with special permits.

Myggbukta (Norwegian for 'Mosquito Bay') was a historically significant Norwegian outpost in Northeast Greenland. The station was central to the 1931-1933 territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark, when Norway claimed sovereignty over this part of Greenland, naming it 'Eirik Raudes Land'. The Permanent Court of International Justice ultimately ruled in favor of Denmark. The airstrip was not a formal public airport but a crucial logistical asset for the remote station. It facilitated the transport of personnel, supplies, and scientific data, supporting trapping activities, meteorological observations, and radio communications. Operations were limited to small, rugged aircraft capable of landing on a basic, unprepared gravel strip, such as ski-planes in winter and STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft in summer.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening the Myggbukta airstrip. Its remote location, the lack of any local population or economic activity, and its status within a highly protected national park make reopening infeasible and undesirable from an environmental standpoint. Any development in the park is subject to extremely strict regulations, and there is no strategic or commercial justification for re-establishing an airfield at this historic site.