Tasiusaq Heliport (Qaasuitsup)

Tasiusaq Heliport
IATA: TQAICAO: BGTA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
Serves Tasiusaq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL 181 ft / 55 m
Coordinates 73°22′23″N 056°03′37″W / 73.37306°N 56.06028°W / 73.37306; -56.06028Coordinates: 73°22′23″N 056°03′37″W / 73.37306°N 56.06028°W / 73.37306; -56.06028
Website Tasiusaq Heliport
Map
BGTA

Location in Greenland

Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 27 × 18 89 × 59 Asphalt
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Tasiusaq Heliport (IATA: TQA, ICAO: BGTA) is a heliport in Tasiusaq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

There is also a heliport with the same name located in the village of Tasiusaq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Innaarsuit, Upernavik[2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. 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. Greenland AIP for BGTA – Tasiusaq Heliport from Naviair
  2. 1 2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. Air Greenland, fare system rules
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