Niaqornat Heliport (IATA: NIQ, ICAO: BGNT) is a heliport in Niaqornat, a village on the northeastern shore of Nuussuaq Peninsula in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.
Niaqornat Heliport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Niaqornat, Greenland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 70°47′20″N 053°39′22″W / 70.78889°N 53.65611°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Niaqornat Heliport | ||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| 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
edit- ^ Greenland AIP for BGNT – Niaqornat Heliport from Naviair
- ^ a b "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