JAV

Ilulissat Airport

ICAO BGJN69.2432°N 51.0571°W29 m / 95 ftMedium airport
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Ilulissat Airport (IATA: JAV, ICAO: BGJN) is a medium airport in Ilulissat, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It opened on 29 Sep 1984. It has one runway, 845 m (2,772 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1984–1984
29 SEP 1984
OpenedIlulissat Airport opens.
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Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
06/24
LENGTH845 m2,772 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JAV. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Ilulissat Airport” (revision of 12 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway845 m2,772 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=18,099of 29,823 · #7,718 North America · #11 GLElevation29 m95 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,042of 43,341 · =16,818 North America · #11 GLAgeOpened 19842026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,725of 15,079 · =6,599 North America · #4 GLRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =1 GL
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record