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Sep 30, 2020 (newstodate): Due to Greenland's specific infrastructural preconditions, issues concerning aviation and airports are always high on heated political agendas.
The country is currently implementing a new airport infrastructure including reconstruction of the airports at Ilulissat and Nuuk that will have runways extended to 2,200m, and a new airport at Qaqortoq, currently served by a Helipad only, but planned to have a new airport with a 1,499m runway allowing for fixed-wing operations.
Or will it?
The recent tender has made clear that the bids from the entrepreneurs by far exceeded the budget, requiring either a recalibration of the project, or reconsideration of its financing.
One option is to make do with a shorter runway at 1,199 m to meet the financial restraints, but this would come at the expense of the airport's operational capacity that would only allow for operations by smaller aircraft barring incoming traffic by tourism on larger commercial aircraft.
So the future of Qaqortoq Airport is still blurred by political infighting..
The country is currently implementing a new airport infrastructure including reconstruction of the airports at Ilulissat and Nuuk that will have runways extended to 2,200m, and a new airport at Qaqortoq, currently served by a Helipad only, but planned to have a new airport with a 1,499m runway allowing for fixed-wing operations.
Or will it?
The recent tender has made clear that the bids from the entrepreneurs by far exceeded the budget, requiring either a recalibration of the project, or reconsideration of its financing.
One option is to make do with a shorter runway at 1,199 m to meet the financial restraints, but this would come at the expense of the airport's operational capacity that would only allow for operations by smaller aircraft barring incoming traffic by tourism on larger commercial aircraft.
So the future of Qaqortoq Airport is still blurred by political infighting..