Sisimiut Airport
Sisimiut Airport is an airport located 2.2 NM 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, built on the northern shore of Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay.- 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.
Palasip Qaqqaa
Peak
Palasip Qaqqaa is a 544-metre-high mountain in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. It is located on the mainland of Greenland on the coast of Davis Strait, immediately to the north of Sisimiut Airport.
Sisimiut Museum
Museum
Sisimiut Museum is a museum in Sisimiut, Greenland. 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.
Taseralik Culture Center
Theater building
Taseralik Culture Center is a cultural centre in Sisimiut, a town in western Greenland, 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 Nuuk, the capital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sisimiut.
Sisimiut
Sisimiut, also known by its Danish name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, and the second-largest city in Greenland.Sisimiut Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Qeqqata, Greenland, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Sisimiut Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“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”
- Urdu: “سیسیمیوت ہوائی اڈا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tele island and Akia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sarsuatsiivinnguaq and Qeqertannguaq avannarleq.
Greenland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Nuuk, Ilulissat, Northeast Greenland National Park, and Sisimiut.
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