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).

Qaqortoq Heliport
Qaqortoq Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGreenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
ServesQaqortoq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL53 ft / 16 m
Coordinates60°42′57″N 046°01′46″W
WebsiteQaqortoq Heliport
Map
BGJH is located in Greenland
BGJH
BGJH
Location in Greenland
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 11.5
(radius)		 38
(radius)		 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers14,204
Aircraft movements1,897
Source: Danish AIS[1]
Statistics from airport[2]
Qaqortoq Airport
Summary
ServesQaqortoq, Greenland
OpenedAirport soon under construction
Coordinates60°45′51″N 46°3′57″W
WebsiteQaqortoq
Map
airport is located in Greenland
airport
airport
Location in Greenland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
9/27 1,500 4,921

Airlines and destinations
Qaqortoq Heliport destinations.
AirlinesDestinations
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
See also: Qaqortoq § Transport

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 1,800 metres (5,900 ft). 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
  1. Greenland AIP for BGJH – Qaqortoq Heliport from Naviair
  2. Operationer og pax 2012-1988.xls
  3. "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  4. Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived July 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Qaqortoq
  6. "Korte baner begrænser fremtidsmulighederne". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  7. "Home". kair.gl.
  8. Kalaallit Airports Domestic A/S annullerer udbud af landingsbane og lufthavnsbygninger i Qaqortoq
  9. The contracting for the upcoming airport in Qaqortoq is concluded.
  10. RUNWAY CONTRACT SIGNED FOR THE UPCOMING KALAALLIT AIRPORTS DOMESTIC IN QAQORTOQ GREENLAND.
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