AirportsPaamiut Airport is a small airport serving Paamiut, in Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JFR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JFR
- ICAO code
- BGPT
- City
- Paamiut
- State or region
- Sermersooq Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 62.0147° N, 49.6709° W
- Elevation
- 37 m (120 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 799 m (2,621 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JFR means Paamiut Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGPT. ICAO codes that begin with B belong to Greenland, Iceland and Kosovo. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 62.0147° N, 49.6709° W. It stands 37 metres (120 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Paamiut Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 799 metres (2,621 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 18 airports of Greenland on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 799 m 2,621 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kangilinnguit HeliportKangilinnguit | JGR | 121 km |
| Qassimiut HeliportQassimiut | QJH | 192 km |
| Narsaq HeliportNarsaq | JNS | 227 km |
| Qaqortoq AirportQaqortoq | JJU | 237 km |
| Narsarsuaq AirportNarsarsuaq | UAK | 244 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,884 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,687 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,289 km | 10 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,129 km | 4 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,871 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,630 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,627 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,133 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,565 km | 20 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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