Uummannaq Heliport

Uummannaq Heliport
Uummannaq Heliport
IATA: UMD – ICAO: BGUM
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves Uummannaq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 50 ft / 15 m
Coordinates
Map
BGUM
Location in Greenland
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 60 × 20 197 × 66 Asphalt
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Uummannaq Heliport (IATA: UMD[2], ICAO: BGUM) is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport.

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Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Greenland Qaarsut
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Ikerasak, Illorsuit, Niaqornat, Nuugatsiaq, Saattut, Ukkusissat[3]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,[3] although they can be pre-booked.[4] Departure times for these flights as specifed during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.

Uummannaq 'airport'

Main article: Qaarsut Airport

Neighboring Qaarsut Airport, located on Nuussuaq Peninsula on the other side of the Uummannaq fjord is the only daily connection available from Uummannaq,[5] serving Dash-7 aircraft of Air Greenland.[6] It functions as a mini-hub for Uummannaq,[7] marketed as Uummannaq Airport regardless of its actual location, registration, documentation, and existing booking systems.

Photographs

References

  1. ^ BGUM – Uummannaq Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
  2. ^ Accident history for UMD at Aviation Safety Network
  3. ^ a b "Booking system". Air Greenland. http://book.airgreenland.com/. Retrieved 9 June 2010. 
  4. ^ Air Greenland, fare system rules
  5. ^ Air Greenland, Timetable 2008
  6. ^ Air Greenland, destination overview
  7. ^ greenland-guide.gl
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