Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 74 ft / 23 m 11/29 799 Elevation 23 m Phone +299 89 17 99 | Serves Aasiaat, Greenland Website Aasiaat Airport Address Greenland Code JEG | |
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Operator Greenland Airport Authority
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Aasiaat Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Aasiaat) (IATA: JEG, ICAO: BGAA) is an airport located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Aasiaat, a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. It can serve STOL aircraft, although there is no aircraft deicing equipment at the airport, which is costly and problematic in Greenlandic winter.
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Ground transport
There is a road to Aasiaat, around 3 km road distance to the town centre. Taxis are available.
Airlines and destinations
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Aasiaat Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, although they can be pre-booked. 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.
Settlement flights in the Disko Bay region are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring. During summer and autumn, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by the Diskoline ferry.