User talk:Sjkfly

List of Greenland Airports.(added info)
In this (and related) very nice articles, there is a misconception that reads, "The first airports in Greenland were built by and for the United States defense. " Actually in part this is true, but the main airports such as Narsarsuaq,BGBW (in S. Greenland)and Sondrestromfjord,BGSF (now Kangarlussuaq)were built by the US for the primary purpose of transferring US military planes to Britain at the start of WW2 via Central Labrador (Goose Bay, CYYR), Greenland, Iceland, and thence N. Scotland, the US not being in yet. That is reflected in the ICAO definition of Narsarsuaq being "Bluie West-1" in the secret Blue transatlantic routes. BGSF was Bluie West-8. More airports were built in Frobshier Bay, Baffin Island, Canada (now Iqaluit), Reykjavik Iceland (enlarged),BIRK, and in Canada and US West of the coasts to allow aircraft shipments from plants in the American Midwest and West Coast. Sjkfly (talk) 02:29, 20 August 2019 (UTC)