Uummannaq Heliport | |||||||||||
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 Uummannaq Heliport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Uummannaq, Greenland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 50 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 70°40′49″N 052°09′42″W / 70.68028°N 52.16167°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Uummannaq Heliport | ||||||||||
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  BGUM Location in Greenland | |||||||||||
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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
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| 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'
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
Terminal hall
Check-in desk
Air Greenland Bell 212 helicopter
Air Greenland Bell 212 helicopter approaching helipad
Windsock and vista from the helipad towards Salliaruseq Island across Sarqarput Strait
Unloading baggage from the Air Greenland Bell 212 helicopter
A red postbox of Post Greenland by the entrance
References
- ↑ Greenland AIP for BGUM – Uummannaq Heliport from Naviair
- ↑ Airport information for Uummannaq, Qaasuitsup, Greenland at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ Airport information for Uummannaq Heliport at Transport Search website.
- 1 2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ↑ Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Air Greenland, Timetable 2008 Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Air Greenland, destination overview Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ greenland-guide.gl
