Innaarsuit Heliport

Innaarsuit Heliport
IATA: IUI – ICAO: BGIN
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves Innaarsuit, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 95 ft / 29 m
Coordinates 73°11′59″N 056°02′50″W / 73.19972°N 56.04722°WCoordinates: 73°11′59″N 056°02′50″W / 73.19972°N 56.04722°W
Map
BGIN

Location in Greenland

Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 27 by 18 89 ft × 59 Gravel
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Innaarsuit Heliport (IATA: IUI, ICAO: BGIN) is a heliport in Innaarsuit, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Qaasuitsup 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

Airlines Destinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights)Tasiusaq, Upernavik[2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik area. 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.

Accidents

In 1993 a Bell 212 helicopter operated by Grønlandsfly, crashed near Innarsuit. Four killed (both pilots and two passengers) of seven on board.[4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ BGIN – Innarsuit 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
  4. ↑ ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32478
  5. ↑ FOUR KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN GREENLAND