Siorapaluk Heliport

Siorapaluk Heliport
IATA: SRK – ICAO: BGSI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves	Siorapaluk, Greenland
Elevation AMSL	102 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	77°47′00″N 070°46′00″W / 77.78333°N 70.76667°WCoordinates: 77°47′00″N 070°46′00″W / 77.78333°N 70.76667°W
Map
BGSI Location in Greenland
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft 1 13.5 44 gravel
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Siorapaluk Heliport (IATA: SRK, ICAO: BGSI^[2]) is a heliport in Siorapaluk, a village in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. It is the northernmost aerodrome in Greenland with scheduled civilian flights.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights)	Qaanaaq[3]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Qaanaaq area. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,^[3] although they can be pre-booked.^[4] 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. BGSI – Siorapaluk Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
2. Airport information for BGSI at Great Circle Mapper.
3. "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
4. Air Greenland, fare system rules