Illorsuit Heliport

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Illorsuit Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
Serves Illorsuit, Greenland
Elevation  AMSL 154 ft / 47 m
Coordinates 71°14′23″N053°33′20″W / 71.23972°N 53.55556°W / 71.23972; -53.55556 Coordinates: 71°14′23″N053°33′20″W / 71.23972°N 53.55556°W / 71.23972; -53.55556
Website Illorsuit Heliport
Map
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BGLL
Location in Greenland
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
mft
11549Gravel
Source: Danish AIS [1]

Illorsuit Heliport( IATA : IOT, ICAO : BGLL) is a heliport in Illorsuit, a village on an island of the same name in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of government contract.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Nuugaatsiaq, Uummannaq [2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, [2] although they can be pre-booked. [3] Departure times for these flights as specified during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.

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References

  1. Greenland AIP for BGLL – Illorsuit Heliport from Naviair
  2. 1 2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived July 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine