Aasiaat Airport

Aasiaat Airport is an located in the , 1 NM northeast of , a town in the municipality in western . It can serve STOL aircraft, although there is no aircraft deicing equipment at the airport, which is costly and problematic in Greenlandic winter.
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Photo: Greenland Airports Mittarfeqarfiit, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Aasiaat, Greenland
  • Also known as: “BGAA”, “Egedesminde (tugpahanan sa Greenland)”, “JEG”, and “Mittarfik Aasiaat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aasiaat Museum.

Museum
The is a in , , , based in the former colonial administrator's residence. The museum's displays are based on the cultural history of Aasiaat, and a variety of special art exhibitions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aasiaat.

Photo: Vaido Otsar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in with a population of 3,069 in 2020, making it the fourth largest settlement in .

Aasiaat Airport

Latitude
68.7219° or 68° 43′ 19″ north
Longitude
-52.78437° or 52° 47′ 4″ west
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Operator
Mittarfeqarfiit
IATA airport code
JEG
ICAO airport code
BGAA
Open location code
98W9P6C8+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 181362579
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6295694
Wiki­data ID
Q2983335
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Satellite Map

Discover Aasiaat Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Aasiaat Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار آسيات”
  • Cebuano: “Aasiaat”
  • Cebuano: “Egedesminde”
  • Chinese: “亞西亞特機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Aasiaat”
  • Danish: “Aasiaat Lufthavn”
  • French: “aéroport d’Aasiaat”
  • French: “Aéroport d’Aasiaat”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto Aasiaat”
  • German: “Flughafen Aasiaat”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Aasiaat”
  • Japanese: “アシアート空港”
  • Latvian: “Āsiātas lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Aasiaat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aasiaat lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aasiaat lufthamn”
  • Norwegian: “Aasiaat lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه آسیات”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Aasiaat”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Aasiaat”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Aasiaat”
  • Russian: “Аасиаат”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Aasiaat”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Aasiaat”
  • Swedish: “Aasiaat Airport”
  • Swedish: “Egedesminde”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи осиот”
  • Urdu: “آسیات ہوائی اڈا”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Aasiaat”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Mittarfik - Lufthavn and Iperarsuaq Kangilleq.

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