JHS

Sisimiut Airport

ICAO BGSS66.9513°N 53.7293°W10 m / 33 ftMedium airport
On the map

Sisimiut Airport (IATA: JHS, ICAO: BGSS) is a medium airport in Sisimiut, Qeqqata Municipality, Greenland. It opened on 3 Oct 1998. It has one runway, 799 m (2,621 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

Timeline

1 event · 1998–1998
03 OCT 1998
OpenedSisimiut Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
13/31103° / 283° · LIT
LENGTH799 m2,621 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JHS. From the Wikipedia article “Sisimiut Airport” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

1 airline · destinations from JHS
Passenger1
GLAir Greenland3

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from JHS. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway799 m2,621 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=19,481of 29,858 · =8,275 North America · =12 GLElevation10 m33 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,220of 43,403 · =18,195 North America · #19 GLAgeOpened 19982026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,861of 15,079 · =8,506 North America · =5 GLRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =2,583 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

Radio frequencies

1 channels
AFISSISIMIUT AFIS118.100