Uummannaq Heliport
Uummannaq Heliport | |||||||||||
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![]() Uummannaq Heliport | |||||||||||
IATA: UMD – ICAO: BGUM | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator |
Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
Serves | Uummannaq, Greenland | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 50 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 70°40′49″N 052°09′42″W / 70.68028°N 52.16167°WCoordinates: 70°40′49″N 052°09′42″W / 70.68028°N 52.16167°W | ||||||||||
Website | Uummannaq Heliport | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() BGUM Location in Greenland | |||||||||||
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Uummannaq Heliport (IATA: UMD[2][3], ICAO: BGUM) is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Greenland | Qaarsut |
Air Greenland (settlement flights) | Ikerasak, Illorsuit, Niaqornat, Nuugaatsiaq, Saattut, Ukkusissat[4] |
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,[4] although they can be pre-booked.[5] 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.
Uummannaq 'airport'
Neighboring Qaarsut Airport, located on Nuussuaq Peninsula on the other side of the Uummannaq fjord is the only daily connection available from Uummannaq,[6] serving Dash-7 aircraft of Air Greenland.[7] It functions as a mini-hub for Uummannaq,[8] marketed as Uummannaq Airport regardless of its actual location, registration, documentation, and existing booking systems.
Photographs
- Terminal hall
- Check-in desk
- Air Greenland Bell 212 helicopter
- Air Greenland Bell 212 helicopter approaching helipad
- Windsock and vista from the helipad towards Salliaruseq Island across Sarqarput Strait
- Unloading baggage from the Air Greenland Bell 212 helicopter
- A red postbox of Post Greenland by the entrance
References
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- ↑ Greenland AIP for BGUM – Uummannaq Heliport from Naviair
- ↑ "IATA Location Code Search (UMD: Uummannaq)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ↑ Accident history for UMD at Aviation Safety Network
- 1 2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ↑ Air Greenland, fare system rules
- ↑ Air Greenland, Timetable 2008
- ↑ Air Greenland, destination overview
- ↑ greenland-guide.gl