Savissivik Heliport

Savissivik Heliport
IATA: SVR – ICAO: BGSV
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves Savissivik, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates 76°01′15″N 065°05′00″W / 76.02083°N 65.08333°WCoordinates: 76°01′15″N 065°05′00″W / 76.02083°N 65.08333°W
Map
BGSV

Location in Greenland

Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 30 by 20 98 ft × 66 Asphalt
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Savissivik Heliport (IATA: SVR, ICAO: BGSV) is a heliport in Savissivik, a village on the shores of Melville Bay in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northern 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) Pituffik[2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Qaanaaq 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.

Transfers at Thule Air Base

Travellers bound for Thule Air Base in Pituffik are required to apply for access permit from either Rigsombudsmanden in Nuuk (residents of Greenland), or the Danish Foreign Ministry (all others).[4] Failure to present the permit during check-in results in denial of boarding. The same rules apply for transfers at Pituffik, a stopover necessary for flights from Savissivik to either Moriusaq or Qaanaaq.

References

  1. ↑ BGSV – Savissivik 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. ↑ Air Greenland