Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 53 ft / 16 m 1 11.5
(radius) | Serves Qaqortoq, Greenland Website Qaqortoq Heliport 11.5
(radius) 38
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Operator Greenland Airport Authority | ||
Qaqortoq Heliport (IATA: JJU, ICAO: BGJH) is a heliport in the southern part 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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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, 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.
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 meter runway. Further a 6.2 kilometer dirt road, from Qaqortoq town to the airport site, was completed during November 2016. And the first rock blastings at the airport site, were conducted during early November 2016. The construction of the new airport will be started in either 2017 or 2018, with an expected completion during 2020.airport near Qaqortoq.