Qaqortoq Heliport
Qaqortoq Heliport (IATA: JJU, ICAO: BGJH) is a heliport in the southern part[1] of Qaqortoq, a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The distance to Narsarsuaq Airport, the only airport with flights from Qaqortoq, is 59 kilometres (37 mi).
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
Serves | Qaqortoq, Greenland | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 53 ft / 16 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°42′57″N 046°01′46″W | ||||||||||
Website | Qaqortoq Heliport | ||||||||||
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Qaqortoq Airport | |||||||||||
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Serves | Qaqortoq, Greenland | ||||||||||
Opened | Airport soon under construction | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°45′51″N 46°3′57″W | ||||||||||
Website | Qaqortoq | ||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
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Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Greenland | Alluitsup Paa, Nanortalik, Narsaq, Narsarsuaq[3] |
Air Greenland (settlement flights) | Ammassivik[3] |
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Qaqortoq region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,[3] although they can be pre-booked.[4] Departure times for these flights as specified during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.
Future
The future of the heliport is connected to the wider network of air traffic in southern Greenland. A political decision was taken by the Greenland government and parliament during December 2015, regarding construction of an airport close to Qaqortoq with a 1500-metre runway. Also, a 6.2 kilometre road from Qaqortoq town to the airport site was constructed 2015-18, initially as a gravel road, though it will eventually be an asphalt road when the airport is finally completed. And the first rock blastings at the airport site were conducted as a ceronomy during early November 2016. Construction of the new airport is expected to be started in 2021, with an expected completion during 2024.[5]
References
- Greenland AIP for BGJH – Qaqortoq Heliport from Naviair
- Operationer og pax 2012-1988.xls
- "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived July 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- http://kair.gl/en/