Uummannaq Heliport (IATA: UMD, ICAO: BGUM) is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport.
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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°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Uummannaq Heliport | ||||||||||
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  BGUM Location in Greenland | |||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
edit| 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'
editNeighboring 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
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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
edit- ^ Greenland AIP for BGUM – Uummannaq Heliport from Naviair
- ^ Airport information for Uummannaq, Qaasuitsup, Greenland at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Airport information for Uummannaq Heliport at Transport Search website.
- ^ a b "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Air Greenland, Timetable 2008 Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Air Greenland, destination overview Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ greenland-guide.gl
