Paamiut Airport Explained

Paamiut Airport
Nativename:Mittarfik Paamiut
Nativename-A:Paamiut Lufthavn
Iata:JFR
Icao:BGPT
Type:Public
Operator:Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
City-Served:Paamiut, Greenland
Elevation-F:120
Coordinates:62.0147°N -49.6708°W
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Label:BGPT
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Greenland
Website:Paamiut Lufthavne
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-M:799
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:4,249
Stat-Year:2012
Footnotes:Source: Danish AIS

Paamiut Airport (Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Mittarfik Paamiut) is an airport located 1NM northeast of Paamiut, a town in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It was built in 2007,[1] replacing the old heliport. It is the only airport between Nuuk and Narsarsuaq capable of serving STOL aircraft of Air Greenland.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Så fik Paamiut sin lufthavn . . 1 December 2007 . Danish . 17 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080206141256/http://sermitsiaq.gl/politik/article23535.ece . 6 February 2008 . dead .
  2. http://www.airgreenland.com/files/pdf/fartplan/airgreenland-basictimetable-%20feb08.pdf Air Greenland, Timetable 2008