Airport details

Sisimiut Airport

Sisimiut, Greenland Americas

IATA JHS ICAO BGSS 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
JHS
ICAO
BGSS
Elevation
33 ft / 10 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
2,621 ft / 799 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
America/Godthab
Coordinates
66.9513015747, -53.7293014526

Location

OpenStreetMap

Weather snapshot

America/Nuuk · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 03:30

Open-Meteo

Overcast now, with temperatures around -6°C to -2°C (21°F to 28°F) today and up to 100% rain risk.

Current
Overcast
Temperature
-3°C
28°F
Humidity
87%
Wind
26 km/h 16 mph
Local time
03:31
Sunrise
10:01
Sunset
16:34

Today

Heavy snow showers

-6°C to -2°C 21°F to 28°F

Rain 100%
Wind 35 km/h 22 mph

Sun

Snow showers

-3°C to 1°C 27°F to 33°F

Rain 100%
Wind 46 km/h 28 mph

Mon

Heavy snow showers

-2°C to 1°C 29°F to 34°F

Rain 95%
Wind 46 km/h 29 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

  • Air Greenland 6 routes

* Based on open route data and may be incomplete or outdated.

About

From Wikipedia

Sisimiut Airport

Sisimiut Airport(Greenlandic:Mittarfik Sisimiut; IATA:JHS, ICAO:BGSS) is an airport located 2.2 NM (4.1 km; 2.5 mi) northwest of Sisimiut, a town in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. The airport has a single runway designated 13/31 which measures 799 by 30 m (2,621 by 98 ft), built on the northern shore of Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay.

For scheduled flights, the airport is served exclusively by Air Greenland, serving as a fly-through destination with no aircraft stationed onsite. Operated by Greenland Airports, it is also used for general aviation purposes.

Roads in Sisimiut, including the road to the airport, are surfaced, but there is no road linking Sisimiut to any other settlement.

With 5,460 inhabitants in 2010, Sisimiut is the second-largest town in Greenland, one of the few towns in the country exhibiting growth patterns, with corresponding increasing passenger traffic at Sisimiut Airport. Air Greenland pledges to maintain a relatively high number of flights at the a...

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Sisimiut Airport

Country

Greenland

Official name
Greenland

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