Nuussuaq Heliport

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Nuussuaq Heliport
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Air Greenland Bell 212 Miteq at Nuussuaq Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
Serves Nuussuaq, Greenland
Elevation  AMSL 184 ft / 56 m
Coordinates 74°06′35″N057°03′54″W / 74.10972°N 57.06500°W / 74.10972; -57.06500
Website Nuussuaq Heliport
Map
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BGNU
Location in Greenland
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
mft
130 by 2098 × 66Gravel
Source: Danish AIS [1]

Nuussuaq Heliport( IATA : NSQ, ICAO : BGNU) is a heliport in Nuussuaq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of 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) Kullorsuaq, Upernavik [2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. 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 BGNU – Nuussuaq 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