# Aasiaat Airport (JEG / BGAA)

**Aasiaat Airport** (IATA: JEG, ICAO: BGAA) is a medium airport in Aasiaat, Qeqertalik Municipality, Greenland. It opened on 17 Oct 1998. It has one runway, 799 m (2,621 ft) long. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgaa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JEG / BGAA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Greenland Airport Authority
- Serves: Aasiaat, Qeqertalik Municipality, Greenland
- Opened: 17 Oct 1998 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 23 m / 74 ft
- Coordinates: 68.7218, -52.7847
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 799 m / 2,621 ft
- Time zone: UTC-2/-1 · America/Nuuk
- Website: http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/lufthavne/aasiaat/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aasiaat_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2983335
- Weather station: BGAA
- Ident: BGAA

## Timeline

- 17 Oct 1998: Aasiaat Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 799 m / 2,621 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 799 m / 2,621 ft | =19,481 of 29,858 | =8,275 in North America | =12 in GL |
| Elevation | 23 m / 74 ft | =38,017 of 43,403 | =17,229 in North America | #13 in GL |
| Age | Opened 1998 | =10,861 of 15,079 | =8,506 in North America | =5 in GL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in GL |

## Nearby airports

- [JAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgjn.md) Ilulissat Airport · 90 km / 56 mi

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #77

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Aasiaat Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aasiaat_Airport&oldid=1362956925), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgaa/data