Qaqortoq Airport
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As of April 2025, the airport is under construction and is due to be completed in late 2026 and will replace, in operation, Qaqortoq heliport and Narsarsuaq Airport.[1][2]
Overview
The airport site is at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., Script error: No such module "convert". north of Qaqortoq, having a decided runway length of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] This length is considered the minimum requirement for supporting future economic development, especially within the tourism sector, allowing propeller aircraft of near 100 seats (such as DHC-8-Q400) to fly all seats used domestically and to Iceland.[4] There is room for an extension of up to Script error: No such module "convert".,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". which would allow for larger jet aircraft to use the airport. The access road to the airport site was completed as a gravel road in 2017, though it will eventually be an asphalt road when the airport is finally completed. The first rock blastings at the airport site were conducted at a ceremony during early November 2016.[1]
As of October 2024, the new airport is under construction and is due to be completed in late 2026.[1][2] A large setback occurred in April 2020 when the procurement of the airport construction was halted because all offers were well above the project budget.[5] A contract with a construction company from Canada was finally signed in February 2022.[6][7]
Following the completion of this airport, Narsarsuaq Airport is planned to be closed and downgraded to a heliport.[8] Exact plans for the heliport, meanwhile, remain ambiguous. The airport will replace the current Qaqortoq heliport as well as fixed-wing flights from Narsarsuaq Airport.[9]
See also
References
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- ↑ Kalaallit Airports Domestic A/S annullerer udbud af landingsbane og lufthavnsbygninger i Qaqortoq
- ↑ The contracting for the upcoming airport in Qaqortoq is concluded.
- ↑ RUNWAY CONTRACT SIGNED FOR THE UPCOMING KALAALLIT AIRPORTS DOMESTIC IN QAQORTOQ GREENLAND.
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