Siorapaluk Heliport

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Siorapaluk Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
Serves Siorapaluk, Greenland
Elevation  AMSL 102 ft / 31 m
Coordinates 77°47′11″N070°38′18″W / 77.78639°N 70.63833°W / 77.78639; -70.63833
Website Siorapaluk Heliport
Map
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BGSI
Location in Greenland
Siorapaluk Heliport
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
mft
113.544Gravel
Source: Danish AIS [1]

Siorapaluk Heliport( IATA : SRK, ICAO : BGSI [2] ) is a heliport in Siorapaluk, a village by the shore of the Robertson Fjord, Avannaata municipality, northern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. It is the northernmost aerodrome in Greenland with scheduled civilian flights.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Qaanaaq [3] [4]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Qaanaaq area. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, [4] although they can be pre-booked. [5] 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.

References

  1. Greenland AIP for BGSI – Siorapaluk Heliport from Naviair
  2. Airport information for BGSI at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 871. ISSN   1466-8718.
  4. 1 2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  5. Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine