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Sisimiut Airport

Sisimiut Airport is an located 2.2 NM northwest of , a town in the municipality in central-western . The airport has a single runway designated 13/31 which measures 799 by 30 m, built on the northern shore of Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Qeqqata, Greenland
  • Also known as: “BGSS”, “JHS”, and “Mittarfik Sisimiut”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palasip Qaqqaa and Sisimiut Museum.

Peak
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is a 544-metre-high mountain in the municipality in western . It is located on the mainland of Greenland on the coast of , immediately to the north of Sisimiut Airport.

Museum
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is a museum in , . Located in a historical building near the harbour, specialises in Greenlandic trade, industry and shipping, with artifacts based on ten years of archaeological research and excavations of the ancient Saqqaq culture settlements near the town, offering an insight into the culture of the region of 4,000 years ago.

Theater building
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is a in , a town in western , the second-largest town in the country. Located in the eastern part of Sisimiut, on the shore of the small Nalunnguarfik lake, Taseralik is the second such centre in Greenland, after Katuaq in , the capital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sisimiut.

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, also known by its Danish name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland It is located in central-western , on the coast of , approximately 320 km north of .

Sisimiut Airport

Latitude
66.95089° or 66° 57′ 3″ north
Longitude
-53.72918° or 53° 43′ 45″ west
Elevation
289 metres (948 feet)
Operator
Greenland Airport Authority
IATA airport code
JHS
ICAO airport code
BGSS
Open location code
98R8X72C+98
Open­Street­Map ID
way 180862028
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
8520869
Wiki­data ID
Q2875938
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“Sisimiut Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار سيسيميوت”
  • Cebuano: “Sisimiut Airport”
  • Chinese: “锡西米尤特机场”
  • Czech: “BGSS”
  • Czech: “JHS”
  • Czech: “Letiště Sisimiut”
  • Danish: “Sisimiut Lufthavn”
  • French: “aéroport de Sisimiut”
  • French: “Aéroport de Sisimiut”
  • German: “Flughafen Sisimiut”
  • Indonesian: “BGSS”
  • Indonesian: “JHS”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Sisimiut”
  • Japanese: “シシミウト空港”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mittarfik Sisimiu”
  • Latvian: “Sisimiutas lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sisimiut”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sisimiut lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Sisimiut lufthavn”
  • Persian: “BGSS”
  • Persian: “JHS”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سیسیمیوت”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Sisimiut”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Holsteinsborg”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Sisimiut”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sisimiut”
  • Slovenian: “Letališče Sisimiut”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Sisimiut”
  • Swedish: “Sisimiut Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сисимют”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sarsuatsiivinnguaq and Sallersua.

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