Ikerasak Heliport

Ikerasak Heliport
IATA: IKE – ICAO: BGIA – LID: IKE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves	Ikerasak, Greenland
Elevation AMSL	66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates	70°29′44″N 051°18′11″W / 70.49556°N 51.30306°WCoordinates: 70°29′44″N 051°18′11″W / 70.49556°N 51.30306°W
Map
BGIA Location in Greenland 70°29′44″N 051°18′11″W / 70.49556°N 51.30306°W
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft 1 15 49 gravel
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Ikerasak Heliport (IATA: IKE, ICAO: BGIA) is a heliport in Ikerasak, a village on an island of the same name in the Uummannaq Fjord system in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of government contract.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights)	Saattut, 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

1. BGIA – Ikerasak Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
2. "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
3. Air Greenland, fare system rules