Qaqortoq Heliport
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 Qaqortoq Heliport | |||||||||||
| IATA: JJU – ICAO: BGJH | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mittarfeqarfiit | ||||||||||
| Serves | Qaqortoq, Greenland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 53 ft / 16 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°42′57″N 046°01′46″W / 60.71583°N 46.02944°WCoordinates: 60°42′57″N 046°01′46″W / 60.71583°N 46.02944°W | ||||||||||
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  BGJH Location in Greenland | |||||||||||
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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).
Airlines and destinations
| 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
There is a political discussion on building an airport near Qaqortoq. Read Qaqortoq#Transport.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BGJH – Qaqortoq Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
- ↑ Operationer og pax 2012-1988.xls
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ↑ Air Greenland, fare system rules
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