Jump to content

Uummannaq Heliport

Coordinates: 70°40′49″N 052°09′42″W / 70.68028°N 52.16167°W / 70.68028; -52.16167
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uummannaq Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGreenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
ServesUummannaq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL50 ft / 15 m
Coordinates70°40′49″N 052°09′42″W / 70.68028°N 52.16167°W / 70.68028; -52.16167
WebsiteUummannaq Heliport
Map
BGUM is located in Greenland
BGUM
BGUM
Location in Greenland
Map
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 20 × 20 66 × 66 Asphalt
Source: Danish AIS,[1] GCM,[2] STV[3]

Uummannaq Heliport (IATA: UMD, ICAO: BGUM) is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport.

Airlines and destinations

[edit]
AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland Qaarsut
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Ikerasak, Illorsuit, Niaqornat, Nuugaatsiaq, Saattut, Ukkusissat[4]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,[4] although they can be pre-booked.[5] 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.

Uummannaq 'airport'

[edit]

Neighboring Qaarsut Airport, located on Nuussuaq Peninsula on the other side of the Uummannaq fjord is the only daily connection available from Uummannaq,[6] serving Dash-7 aircraft of Air Greenland.[7] It functions as a mini-hub for Uummannaq,[8] marketed as Uummannaq Airport regardless of its actual location, registration, documentation, and existing booking systems.

Photographs

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Greenland AIP for BGUM – Uummannaq Heliport from Naviair
  2. ^ Airport information for Uummannaq, Qaasuitsup, Greenland at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ Airport information for Uummannaq Heliport at Transport Search website.
  4. ^ a b "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  5. ^ Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Air Greenland, Timetable 2008 Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Air Greenland, destination overview Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ greenland-guide.gl