AirportsManiitsoq Airport is a small airport serving Maniitsoq, in Qeqqata Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JSU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JSU
- ICAO code
- BGMQ
- City
- Maniitsoq
- State or region
- Qeqqata Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 65.4125° N, 52.9394° W
- Elevation
- 28 m (91 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 799 m (2,621 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JSU means Maniitsoq Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGMQ. 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 65.4125° N, 52.9394° W. It stands 28 metres (91 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Nuuk, about 148 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Nuuk, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Maniitsoq 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 13.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nuuk International AirportNuuk | GOH | 148 km |
| Sisimiut AirportSisimiut | JHS | 175 km |
| Kangerlussuaq International AirportKangerlussuaq | SFJ | 204 km |
| Attu HeliportAttu | QGQ | 283 km |
| Iginniarfik HeliportIginniarfik | QFI | 304 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,727 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,578 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,268 km | 10 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,295 km | 4 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,054 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,491 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,363 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,735 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,164 km | 20 h 00 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.