Ilulissat Airport
Ilulissat Airport Mittarfik Ilulissat Ilulissat Lufthavn | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | State owned | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mittarfeqarfiit | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ilulissat and Disko Bay, Greenland | ||||||||||
| Location | Ilulissat, Avannaata Municipality | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 95 ft / 29 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 69°14′36″N 051°03′26″W / 69.24333°N 51.05722°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.mit.gl/ilulissat | ||||||||||
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Source: AIP | |||||||||||
Ilulissat Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Ilulissat, Danish: Ilulissat Lufthavn, originally Jacobshavn Lufthavn); (IATA: JAV, ICAO: BGJN) is a minor international airport serving Ilulissat, Greenland, the entire Disko Bay Region, the North and West Greenland. It is the 59th largest airport in the Nordic countries with 83,000 passengers in 2012 and is the second airport built in Greenland for civilian travel partially funded by the EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund. It is the third-busiest airport in Greenland, and one of the busiest for international travel in Greenland.
The airport is located north-east of Ilulissat, just 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) of city centre. It was built in 1983, replacing the heliport. Air Greenland uses the airport as a domestic hub for northern Greenland.
A major expansion of the airport, including a new, longer runway and a new terminal, is ongoing and is slated for completion in 2026, which will allow larger jet aircraft to serve more international destinations.