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Ukkusissat Heliport

Coordinates: 71°03′19″N 51°53′01″W / 71.05528°N 51.88361°W / 71.05528; -51.88361
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Ukkusissat Heliport
Ukkusissat Heliport: Air Greenland Bell 212
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGreenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
ServesUkkusissat, Greenland
Elevation AMSL223 ft / 68 m
Coordinates71°03′19″N 51°53′01″W / 71.05528°N 51.88361°W / 71.05528; -51.88361
WebsiteUkkusissat Heliport
Map
BGUT is located in Greenland
BGUT
BGUT
Location in Greenland
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 15 49 Stones
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Ukkusissat Heliport (IATA: JUK, ICAO: BGUT) is a heliport in Ukkusissat, a village in the Uummannaq Fjord system in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. There are no facilities at the helistop; check-in is administered in the Pilersuisoq communal store, the central point of the settlement.

On the way from Uummannaq Heliport, Air Greenland helicopters fly alongside the southern and western wall of Appat Island, to then pass above the narrow Appat Ikerat strait between Appat and the smaller Salleq Island, a high, standalone flooded mountain.

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Uummannaq[2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord area. 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.

Photographs

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References

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  1. ^ Greenland AIP for BGUT – Ukkusissat Heliport from Naviair
  2. ^ a b "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ^ Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine