JQA

Qaarsut Airport

ICAO BGUQ70.7342°N 52.6962°W88 m / 289 ftSmall airport
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Qaarsut Airport (IATA: JQA, ICAO: BGUQ) is a small airport in Uummannaq, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It opened in 1999. It has one runway, 900 m (2,953 ft) long, gravel. It is operated by Greenland Airport Authority.

Timeline

1 event · 1999–1999
1999
OpenedQaarsut Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
15/33
LENGTH900 m2,953 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGravel

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JQA. From the Wikipedia article “Qaarsut Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

1 airline · destinations from JQA
Passenger1
GLAir Greenland2

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway900 m2,953 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=16,639of 29,858 · =7,160 North America · #9 GLElevation88 m289 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,622of 43,403 · =14,565 North America · #5 GLAgeOpened 19992026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=11,027of 15,079 · =8,642 North America · =7 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