# Paamiut Airport (JFR / BGPT)

**Paamiut Airport** (IATA: JFR, ICAO: BGPT) is a small airport in Paamiut, Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. It opened in 2007. It has one runway, 799 m (2,621 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JFR / BGPT
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Greenland Airport Authority
- Serves: Paamiut, Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland
- Opened: 2007
- Elevation: 37 m / 120 ft
- Coordinates: 62.0147, -49.6709
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 799 m / 2,621 ft
- Time zone: UTC-2/-1 · America/Nuuk
- Website: http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/lufthavne/paamiut/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paamiut_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3496939
- Weather station: BGPT
- Ident: BGPT

## Timeline

- 2007: Paamiut Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 799 m / 2,621 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [JJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gl-0012.md) Qaqortoq Airport · Greenland · 237 km / 147 mi · Air Greenland
- [GOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bggh.md) Nuuk International Airport · Greenland · 262 km / 163 mi · Air Greenland

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GL [Air Greenland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-greenland) · 2

## 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 | 37 m / 120 ft | =36,201 of 43,403 | =16,423 in North America | #9 in GL |
| Age | Opened 2007 | =12,369 of 15,079 | =9,849 in North America | #11 in GL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in GL |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #45

## 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: “Paamiut Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paamiut_Airport&oldid=1366715466), revision of 29 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/bgpt/data