Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport

Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport
IATA: OBY – ICAO: BGSC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 238 ft / 73 m
Coordinates 70°29′18″N 021°58′19″W / 70.48833°N 21.97194°WCoordinates: 70°29′18″N 021°58′19″W / 70.48833°N 21.97194°W
Map
BGSC

Location in Greenland

Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 15 49 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 834
Aircraft movements 427
Source: Danish AIS[1]
Statistics from airport[2]

Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport (IATA: OBY[3][4], ICAO: BGSC) is a heliport in Ittoqqortoormiit, a village in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Greenland Nerlerit Inaat[5]

Because of passenger capacity, the helicopter do up to four flights for each departing airplane. There are 50 minutes between these helicopter departures, causing a longer total travel time for many passengers.[5]

Relocation

The Nerlerit Inaat Airport may be relocated [6] to a new site on Liverpool Land much closer to Ittoqqortoormiit, between the settlement and Unarteq cape (Kap Tobin) to the south, thus eliminating the need for helicopter transfers.[7] The project would be economical if the need for the helicopter could be eliminated, but it is needed for search and rescue also.[7]

References

  1. ↑ BGSC – Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
  2. ↑ Operationer og pax 2012-1988.xls
  3. ↑ "IATA Location Code Search (OBY: Ittoqqortoormiit)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Accident history for OBY at Aviation Safety Network
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Sermitsiaq, 2010/03/09
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 En trafikøkonomisk analyse af en lufthavn ved Ittoqqortoormiit August 2001 (Danish)