Nuugaatsiaq Heliport

Nuugaatsiaq Heliport
IATA: JUU – ICAO: BGNQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves	Nuugaatsiaq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL	57 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	71°33′30″N 053°13′00″W / 71.55833°N 53.21667°WCoordinates: 71°33′30″N 053°13′00″W / 71.55833°N 53.21667°W
Map
BGNQ Location in Greenland
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft 1 15 49 Grass
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Nuugaatsiaq Heliport (IATA: JUU, ICAO: BGNQ) is a heliport in Nuugaatsiaq, a village in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights)	Illorsuit, 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. BGNQ – Nuugatsiaq 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