Nuugaatsiaq Heliport

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Nuugaatsiaq Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
Serves Nuugaatsiaq, Greenland
Elevation  AMSL 57 ft / 17 m
Coordinates 71°32′19″N053°12′18″W / 71.53861°N 53.20500°W / 71.53861; -53.20500 Coordinates: 71°32′19″N053°12′18″W / 71.53861°N 53.20500°W / 71.53861; -53.20500
Website Nuugaatsiaq Heliport
Map
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Location in Greenland
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
mft
11549Grass
Source: Danish AIS [1]

Nuugaatsiaq Heliport( IATA : JUU, ICAO : BGNQ) is a heliport in Nuugaatsiaq, a village in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Illorsuit, 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 BGNQ – Nuugaatsiaq 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 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine