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08.04.02 - How to travel to Greenland via Iceland

US TRAVELERS: So you planned to travel to the Arctic this year with Air Greenland's route from Baltimore to Kangerlussuaq. A service which unfortunately is suspended now...

By Malik Milfeldt
Cheer up! There's no need to travel all across the Atlantic to Copenhagen to catch a plane to Greenland. If you're a little flexible and patient, why not travel via Iceland to take the opportunity to visit two island countries in the North Atlantic? This is how you can do it:

When to go
From the 29th of May until 5th of September 2008

Route map from the US to Iceland and Greenland

First leg from the US or Canada to Iceland with Icelandair


Boston (Departure: 7 days a week)
Dep @ 9:30 PM
Arr to Keflavik @ 6:30 AM

Minneapolis – St. Paul (Departure: 7 days a week) 
Dep @ 7:20 PM
Arr to Keflavik @ 6:20 AM

New York (JFK) (Departure: 7 days a week)
Dep @ 8:35 PM
Arr to Keflavik @ 6:20 AM

Orlando (Sandford) (Dep Thu – Sat * See schedule @ Icelandair; subject to variation and change)
Dep @ 7:00 PM
Arr to Keflavik @ 6:10 AM

Halifax (Departure on Mon, Thu and Sat) 
Dep @ 10:00 PM
Arr to Keflavik @ 5:15 AM

Toronto (Dep Mon - Tue - Wed – Thu – Sat * See schedule @ Icelandair; subject to variation and change) 
Dep - currently not available
Arr to Keflavik @ 6:25 AM

Icelandair Boeing 757 airplane

Second leg from Iceland to Greenland with Air Iceland         
 
Reykjavik (RKV) – Narsarsuaq (UAK)          
Jun 30 – Sep 19  
Travel Days: Tue and Fri   
Dep @ 2:20 PM  
             
Reykjavik (RKV) – Kulusuk  (KUS)
May 28 - Sep 15
Travel Days: Everyday except Sundays
Dep @ 10:10 AM  
             
Keflavik (KEF) – Nuuk (GOH)        
May 29 – Sep 5 
Travel Days: Mon, Thu and Fri
Dep @  9:45 AM 

Minimum transportation time between Keflavik International Airport (KEF) and Reykjavik Airport (RKV) is 2,5 hours.

Since this page was published, schedules might have changed. We take no responsibility for this, and we therefore advise you to find further information by visiting Icelandair and Air Iceland's web page.

 



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