Airport information, from map to hotels via aeronautical information. And the aeronautical weather for the pilots with current weather and short-term forecasts with METAR (METeorological Aerodrome Report, observation message of meteorological conditions for aviation) and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term forecast message of meteorological conditions for aviation ). And other resources such as VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare flights.
Sisimiut airport (Greenland)
Sisimiut airport is located near Sisimiut, with Sisimiut at 2mi↑, Qeqqata at 2mi↑, Kangaamiut at 79mi↑, Kangerlussuaq at 82mi↑, Kangaatsiaq at 94mi↑, Maniitsoq at 109mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Greenland and Southernmost airports in Greenland
→ See also airports in Greenland
aerial view of Sisimiut airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : BGSS
- IATA code : JHS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 10 m = 33ft
→ See also Highest airports in Greenland and Lowest airports in Greenland
Runways
- runway 14/32 : 799m = 2621ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Greenland
Coming to Sisimiut airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Sisimiut airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Attu heliport at 68mi : book on Trip.com
- Kangerlussuaq airport at 82mi : book on Trip.com
weather : sky clear at Sisimiut
19 ↗ 21°F
wind ↑ 9mph
Wednesday : extreme cold alert with 16°F at Sisimiut
Aviation weather for Sisimiut airport BGSS JHS
METAR for Sisimiut airport BGSS JHS
BGSS 050750Z AUTO 09004KT 070V130 9999NDV BKN056/// M05/M09 Q1004
Decoded METAR for Sisimiut airport BGSS JHS
METAR issued by BGSS on Friday, December 5, 2025 at 07:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 124 hours and -7180 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is -5°C = 23°F, dew point is -9°C = 16°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 74 %.
QNH is 1004hPa = 29.65inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 90°.
Clouds : broken at 5600ft = 1710m.
No TAF for Sisimiut airport
but aviation weather is available at Kangerlussuaq airport (BGSF) at 82mi↑
NOTAM for Sisimiut airport
Around Sisimiut airport (Greenland)
near
- Hotels in Sisimiut
- MoMA (New York) at 1968mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2039mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 2293mi↑
- Paris at 2294mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 2295mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 2444mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 2444mi↑
- Bordeaux at 2444mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 2445mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 2452mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 2454mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 2456mi↑
- for Sisimiut airport at 0mi↑
- for Attu airport at 68mi↑
- for Kangerlussuaq airport at 82mi↑
nearest airports to Sisimiut airport (Greenland)
- Attu heliport (BGAT QGQ ) at 68mi↑NOTAM
- Kangerlussuaq airport (BGSF SFJ ) at 82mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Ikerassaarsuk heliport (BGIK QRY ) at 83mi↑NOTAM
- Iginniarfik heliport (BGIG QFI ) at 84mi↑NOTAM
- Niaqornaarsuk heliport (BGNK ) at 92mi↑NOTAM
- Kangaatsiaq heliport (BGKA QPW ) at 94mi↑NOTAM
- Maniitsoq airport (BGMQ JSU ) at 109mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Iginniarfik heliport ( GL-QFI) at 122mi↑
- Aasiaat airport (BGAA JEG ) at 125mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Ikamiut heliport (BGIT QJI ) at 126mi↑NOTAM
- Akunnaaq heliport ( QCU GL-QCU) at 129mi↑
- Kitsissuarsuit heliport (BGKT QJE ) at 133mi↑NOTAM
- Qasigiannguit heliport (BGCH JCH ) at 145mi↑NOTAM
- Qeqertarsuaq heliport (BGGN JGO ) at 159mi↑NOTAM
- Ilimanaq heliport (BGIL XIQ ) at 162mi↑NOTAM
- Ilulissat airport (BGJN JAV ) at 173mi↑METAR TAF 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