Ikerasak Heliport

Ikerasak Heliport
IATA: IKE – ICAO: BGIA – LID: IKE
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves Ikerasak, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates 70°29′44″N 051°18′11″W / 70.49556°N 51.30306°WCoordinates: 70°29′44″N 051°18′11″W / 70.49556°N 51.30306°W
Map
BGIA

Location in Greenland 70°29′44″N 051°18′11″W / 70.49556°N 51.30306°W

Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 15 49 gravel
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Ikerasak Heliport (IATA: IKE, ICAO: BGIA) is a heliport in Ikerasak, a village on an island of the same name in the Uummannaq Fjord system in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of government contract.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Saattut, 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.

References

  1. ↑ BGIA – Ikerasak Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Air Greenland, fare system rules