AirportsKitsissuarsuit Heliport is a heliport serving Kitsissuarsuit, in Qeqertalik Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is QJE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- QJE
- ICAO code
- BGKT
- City
- Kitsissuarsuit
- State or region
- Qeqertalik Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Heliport
- Coordinates
- 68.8579° N, 53.1233° W
- Elevation
- 5 m (18 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, QJE means Kitsissuarsuit Heliport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGKT. 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 68.8579° N, 53.1233° W. It stands 5 metres (18 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aasiaat AirportAasiaat | JEG | 20 km |
| Akunnaaq HeliportAkunnaaq | QCU | 34 km |
| Qeqertarsuaq HeliportQeqertarsuaq | JGO | 46 km |
| Ikamiut HeliportIkamiut | QJI | 58 km |
| Kangaatsiaq HeliportKangaatsiaq | QPW | 62 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,455 km | 10 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,339 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,104 km | 10 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,337 km | 4 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,367 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,534 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,017 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,357 km | 10 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,847 km | 19 h 35 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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