Upernavik Airport Explained

Upernavik Airport
Nativename:Mittarfik Upernavik
Nativename-A:Upernavik Lufthavn
Iata:JUV
Icao:BGUK
Type:Public
Operator:Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
City-Served:Upernavik, Greenland
Elevation-F:414
Coordinates:72.7903°N -56.1306°W
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Label:BGUK
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Greenland
Website:Upernavik Lufthavne
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Length-M:799
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:6,776
Stat-Year:2012
Footnotes:Source: Danish AIS

Upernavik Airport (Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Mittarfik Upernavik) is an airport located 0.5NM northeast of Upernavik, a town in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, capable of serving STOL aircraft. It is used as a transfer airport for passenger/cargo traffic to northern Greenland (Qaanaaq Airport), and serves as a local helicopter hub of Air Greenland with flights to settlements in the Upernavik Archipelago.

Airlines and destinations

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, although they can be pre-booked.[1] 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.

Notes and References

  1. http://airgreenland.com/information/bestillingafrejse/rejseprodukter Air Greenland, fare system rules