Niaqornat Heliport

Niaqornat Heliport
IATA: NIQ – ICAO: BGNT
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves Niaqornat, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 70°47′30″N 053°40′00″W / 70.79167°N 53.66667°WCoordinates: 70°47′30″N 053°40′00″W / 70.79167°N 53.66667°W
Map
BGNT

Location in Greenland

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

Niaqornat Heliport (IATA: NIQ, ICAO: BGNT) is a heliport in Niaqornat, a village on the northeastern shore of Nuussuaq Peninsula in the 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) 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. ↑ BGNT – Niaqornat 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