Qaqortoq Heliport
Qaqortoq Heliport is a heliport in the southern part of Qaqortoq, a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The distance to Narsarsuaq Airport, the only airport with flights from Qaqortoq, is.
A large international airport, Qaqortoq Airport, is currently under construction as of 2024, and is due to be complete by late 2026. Equipped with a 1,500 metre runway, it will replace the current heliport as well as fixed-wing flights from Narsarsuaq Airport.
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Qaqortoq region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, although they can be pre-booked. Departure times for these flights as specified during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.
Future
In December 2015 the Greenland government decided on construction of the Qaqortoq Airport, to be used for fixed-wing aircraft, close to Qaqortoq with a runway. As of October 2024, the new airport is under construction and is due to be completed in 2026. When the new airport opens it will replace, in operation, Qaqortoq heliport and Narsarsuaq Airport. The airport will assume the heilport's IATA code of JJU, but will have a new ICAO code of BGQO.