Siorapaluk Heliport

Siorapaluk Heliport
IATA: SRK – ICAO: BGSI
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves Siorapaluk, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 102 ft / 31 m
Coordinates 77°47′00″N 070°46′00″W / 77.78333°N 70.76667°WCoordinates: 77°47′00″N 070°46′00″W / 77.78333°N 70.76667°W
Map
BGSI

Location in Greenland

Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 13.5 44 gravel
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Siorapaluk Heliport (IATA: SRK, ICAO: BGSI[2]) is a heliport in Siorapaluk, a village 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. It is the northernmost aerodrome in Greenland with scheduled civilian flights.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Qaanaaq[3]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Qaanaaq area. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,[3] although they can be pre-booked.[4] 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. ↑ BGSI – Siorapaluk Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
  2. ↑ Airport information for BGSI at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Air Greenland, fare system rules