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).

Qaqortoq Heliport
Qaqortoq Heliport
IATA: JJU ICAO: BGJH
Summary
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
Map
BGJH Location in Greenland
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft 1 11.5 (radius) 38 (radius) Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 14,204 Aircraft movements 1,897
Source: Danish AIS[1] Statistics from airport[2]

Qaqortoq Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Serves	Qaqortoq, Greenland
Opened	Airport soon under construction
Coordinates	60°45′51″N 46°3′57″W
Website	Qaqortoq
Map
airport Location in Greenland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 9/27 1,500 4,921

Airlines and destinations

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. In December 2015 the Greenland government decided on construction of an airport close to Qaqortoq with a 1500-metre runway.

The chosen site is at 60°45′51″N 46°3′57″W, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of town, having a decided runway of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).[5] This length is considered the minimum requirement for supporting future economic development, especially within the tourism sector, allowing propeller aircraft of near 100 seats (such as DHC-8-Q400) to fly all seats used domestically and to Iceland.[6] There is room for extension to 1800 meters. The access road to the airport site was completed as a gravel road in 2017, though it will eventually be an asphalt road when the airport is finally completed. The first rock blastings at the airport site were conducted at a ceremony during early November 2016.

Construction of the new airport was expected to begin in 2021, with completion in 2024.[7] A large setback happened in April 2020 when the procurement of the airport construction was halted because all offers were well above the project budget.[8] A contract with a construction company from Canada was finally signed in February 2022.[9][10]

References

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