# Maniitsoq Airport (JSU / BGMQ)

**Maniitsoq Airport** (IATA: JSU, ICAO: BGMQ) is a small airport in Maniitsoq, Qeqqata Municipality, Greenland. It opened on 2 Oct 1999. It has one runway, 799 m (2,621 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JSU / BGMQ
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Greenland Airport Authority
- Serves: Maniitsoq, Qeqqata Municipality, Greenland
- Opened: 2 Oct 1999 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 28 m / 91 ft
- Coordinates: 65.4125, -52.9394
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 799 m / 2,621 ft
- Time zone: UTC-2/-1 · America/Nuuk
- Website: http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/lufthavne/maniitsoq/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniitsoq_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3496947
- Weather station: BGMQ
- Ident: BGMQ

## Timeline

- 2 Oct 1999: Maniitsoq Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 799 m / 2,621 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [GOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bggh.md) Nuuk International Airport · Greenland · 148 km / 92 mi · Air Greenland

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from JSU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- GL [Air Greenland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-greenland) · 1

## 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 | 28 m / 91 ft | =37,262 of 43,403 | =16,896 in North America | #12 in GL |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =8,642 in North America | =7 in GL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in GL |

## Nearby airports

- [GOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bggh.md) Nuuk International Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #43

## 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: “Maniitsoq Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maniitsoq_Airport&oldid=1363056737), 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/bgmq/data