Qaqortoq Airport
Qaqortoq Airport
Qaqortoq Heliport (IATA: JJU, ICAO: BGJH) was a heliport in the southern part of Qaqortoq, a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The heliport and fixed-wing flights from Narsarsuaq Airport were replaced by Qaqortoq Airport, which opened in April 2026.
Location
60.764°N, 46.065°O · 154 m s. n. m. (505 ft)
General data
History
Qaqortoq heliport opened in the late 1960s as Air Greenland began using Sikorsky S-61 helicopters to provide service on Greenland's west coast. Passengers were generally transferred by helicopter to Narsarsuaq Airport, 59 kilometres (37 mi) away, and continued their onward journey by fixed-wing aircraft. Qaqortoq Heliport also served as a helicopter hub for smaller towns in the region.
In December 2015 the Greenland government decided to construct Qaqortoq Airport, to be used for fixed-wing aircraft. It is located around 5 km north of the town of Qaqortoq with a 1,500-metre (4,921 ft) runway. The new airport opened on the 16 April 2026 and replaced, in operation, Qaqortoq heliport and Narsarsuaq Airport. The airport assumed the heilport's IATA code of JJU, but has a separate new ICAO code of BGQO. Qaqortoq Heliport was subsequently closed.
Airlines operating here · 2
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Qaqortoq Airport (JJU). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JJU
MLA
“Qaqortoq Airport (JJU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JJU. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Qaqortoq Airport (JJU).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JJU.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Qaqortoq Airport (JJU). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JJU (Accessed: 24 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_jju,
author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Qaqortoq Airport (JJU)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JJU},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JJU}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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