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| name = Ukkusissat Heliport
| name = Ukkusissat Heliport
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| image = Ukkusissat-heliport.jpg
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| caption = Ukkusissat Heliport: Air Greenland Bell 212
| IATA = –
| ICAO = BGUT
| IATA = JUK
| type = Public
| ICAO = BGUT
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| LID = UKK
| type = Public
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| operator = [[Greenland Airport Administration]]
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| city-served = [[Ukkusissat]], [[Greenland]]
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| operator = [[Greenland Airport Authority]]<br>(Mittarfeqarfiit)
| location = Ukkusissat
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| city-served = [[Ukkusissat]], [[Greenland]]
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| elevation-f = 223
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| pushpin_map = Greenland
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| pushpin_label = BGUT
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland
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| website = [http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/helipladser/ukkusissat/ Ukkusissat Heliport]
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| footnotes = Source: Greenlandic [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]]<ref name="aip">[http://www.slv.dk/Dokumenter/dsweb/Get/Document-6193/BG_AD_4_BGUT_en.pdf AIP Greenland]</ref>
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'''Ukkusissat Heliport''' is a [[heliport]] in [[Ukkusissat]], a village in the [[Uummannaq Fjord]] system in the [[Qaasuitsup]] municipality in western [[Greenland]]. The heliport is considered a ''helistop'', and is served by [[Air Greenland]] as part of government contract. The mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable.<ref>[http://airgreenland.com/ankomster__afgange/ Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals]</ref>
'''Ukkusissat Heliport''' {{airport codes|JUK|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==
==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport-dest-list
*[[Air Greenland]] (Uummannaq)
|[[Air Greenland]] (settlement flights) | [[Uummannaq Heliport|Uummannaq]]<ref name="gl">{{cite web |url=http://book.airgreenland.com/ |publisher=Air Greenland |title=Booking system |access-date=9 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422211033/http://book.airgreenland.com/ |archive-date=22 April 2010 }}</ref>
}}


Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord area. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,<ref name="gl"/> although they can be pre-booked.<ref>[http://airgreenland.com/information/bestillingafrejse/rejseprodukter Air Greenland, fare system rules] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713230958/http://airgreenland.com/information/bestillingafrejse/rejseprodukter |date=2010-07-13 }}</ref> 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.
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}


== References ==
==Photographs==
<gallery>
* {{GCM|BGUT}}
File:Ukkusissat-heliport-air-greenland-bell212-takeoff.jpg|Air Greenland [[Bell 212]] taking off
File:Ukkusissat-heliport-air-greenland-bell212.jpg|Air Greenland Bell 212 approaching the heliport from the south
File:Ukkusissat-heliport-baggage-tractor.jpg|Baggage delivery: from the helipad to the Pilersuisoq store
</gallery>


==References==
{{Commons category|Ukkusissat Heliport}}
{{Reflist}}


{{Airports in Greenland}}
{{Airports in Greenland}}


{{authority control}}
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[[Category:Heliports in Greenland]]


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[[Category:Airports in the Arctic]]

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[[Category:Heliports in Greenland]]
[[Category:Uummannaq Fjord]]
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Latest revision as of 20:06, 8 October 2024

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
Map
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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  • Air Greenland Bell 212 taking off
    Air Greenland Bell 212 taking off
  • Air Greenland Bell 212 approaching the heliport from the south
    Air Greenland Bell 212 approaching the heliport from the south
  • Baggage delivery: from the helipad to the Pilersuisoq store
    Baggage delivery: from the helipad to the Pilersuisoq store

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ukkusissat Heliport.
  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
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