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Ilulissat airport (Greenland)
Ilulissat airport is located near Ilulissat, with Ilulissat at 2mi↑, Qaasuitsup at 2mi↑, Qasigiannguit at 29mi↑, Nivaaq at 55mi↑, Aasiaat at 58mi↑, Qeqertarsuaq at 61mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Greenland and Southernmost airports in Greenland
→ See also airports in Greenland
aerial view of Ilulissat airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : BGJN
- IATA code : JAV
- Local code : -
Elevation : 29 m = 95ft
→ See also Highest airports in Greenland and Lowest airports in Greenland
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 845m = 2772ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Greenland
Coming to Ilulissat airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Ilulissat airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Ilimanaq heliport at 11mi : book on Trip.com
- Qasigiannguit heliport at 29mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Ilulissat airport BGJN JAV
METAR for Ilulissat airport BGJN JAV
BGJN 050820Z AUTO 15005KT 9999NDV -SN SCT017/// BKN072/// M06/M08 Q1004
Decoded METAR for Ilulissat airport BGJN JAV
METAR issued by BGJN on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 08:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 hours and 57 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is -6°C = 21°F, dew point is -8°C = 18°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 86 %.
QNH is 1004hPa = 29.65inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 150°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 1700ft = 520m. broken at 7200ft = 2190m.
light snow
TAF for Ilulissat airport BGJN JAV
BGJN 050806Z 0509/0518 14005KT 9999 -SN BKN014 BECMG 0509/0512 NSW SCT025 BKN090 TEMPO 0512/0515 BKN020 0515/0518 BKN070
Decoded TAF for Ilulissat airport BGJN JAV
TAF issued by BGJN on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 08:06 UTC, issued 4 hours and 11 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 09:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 09:00 heure UTC
0509/0518 14005KT 9999 -SN BKN014
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 140°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light snow
broken at 1400ft = 430m
becoming from Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 12:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0509/0512 NSW SCT025 BKN090
no significant weather
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m broken at 9000ft = 2740m
temporarily from Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 12:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0512/0515 BKN020
broken at 2000ft = 610m
from Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 5, 2026 à 18:00 heure UTC
0515/0518 BKN070
broken at 7000ft = 2130m
NOTAM for Ilulissat airport
Around Ilulissat airport (Greenland)
near
- Hotels in Ilulissat
- MoMA (New York) at 2137mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2208mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 2246mi↑
- Paris at 2247mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 2248mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 2392mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 2393mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 2394mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 2403mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 2404mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 2406mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 2407mi↑
- for Ilulissat airport at 0mi↑
- for Ilimanaq airport at 11mi↑
- for Qasigiannguit airport at 29mi↑
nearest airports to Ilulissat airport (Greenland)
- Ilimanaq heliport (BGIL XIQ ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Qasigiannguit heliport (BGCH JCH ) at 29mi↑NOTAM
- Ikamiut heliport (BGIT QJI ) at 46mi↑NOTAM
- Akunnaaq heliport ( QCU GL-QCU) at 47mi↑
- Qeqertaq heliport (BGQE PQT QQT) at 52mi↑NOTAM
- Aasiaat airport (BGAA JEG ) at 56mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Saqqaq heliport (BGSQ QUP) at 57mi↑NOTAM
- Kitsissuarsuit heliport (BGKT QJE ) at 58mi↑NOTAM
- Qeqertarsuaq heliport (BGGN JGO ) at 60mi↑NOTAM
- Iginniarfik heliport ( GL-QFI) at 60mi↑
- Niaqornaarsuk heliport (BGNK ) at 83mi↑NOTAM
- Ikerasak heliport (BGIA IKE ) at 87mi↑NOTAM
- Kangaatsiaq heliport (BGKA QPW ) at 88mi↑NOTAM
- Iginniarfik heliport (BGIG QFI ) at 92mi↑NOTAM
- Ikerassaarsuk heliport (BGIK QRY ) at 97mi↑NOTAM
- Uummannaq heliport (BGUM UMD ) at 102mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Greenland
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
