# Qaarsut Airport (JQA / BGUQ)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JQA / BGUQ
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Greenland Airport Authority
- Serves: Uummannaq, Avannaata Municipality, Greenland
- Opened: 1999
- Elevation: 88 m / 289 ft
- Coordinates: 70.7342, -52.6962
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 900 m / 2,953 ft
- Time zone: UTC-2/-1 · America/Nuuk
- Website: http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/lufthavne/qaarsut/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaarsut_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3497799
- Weather station: BGUQ
- Ident: BGUQ

## Timeline

- 1999: Qaarsut Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 900 m / 2,953 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [UMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgum.md) Uummannaq Heliport · Greenland · 22 km / 14 mi · Air Greenland
- [JAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bgjn.md) Ilulissat Airport · Greenland · 177 km / 110 mi · Air Greenland

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from JQA, 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 | 900 m / 2,953 ft | =16,639 of 29,858 | =7,160 in North America | #9 in GL |
| Elevation | 88 m / 289 ft | =31,622 of 43,403 | =14,565 in North America | #5 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

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #31

## 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: “Qaarsut Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qaarsut_Airport&oldid=1363073380), 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/bguq/data