Innaarsuit Heliport
| Innaarsuit Heliport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: IUI – ICAO: BGIN | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator |
Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Innaarsuit, Greenland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 95 ft / 29 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 73°12′09″N 056°00′40″W / 73.20250°N 56.01111°WCoordinates: 73°12′09″N 056°00′40″W / 73.20250°N 56.01111°W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  BGIN Location in Greenland | |||||||||||
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Innaarsuit Heliport (IATA: IUI, ICAO: BGIN) is a heliport in Innaarsuit, 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.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Greenland (settlement flights) | Tasiusaq, Upernavik[2] |
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik 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.
Accidents
In 1993 a Bell 212 helicopter operated by Grønlandsfly, crashed near Innarsuit. Four killed (both pilots and two passengers) of seven on board.[4] [5]
References
- ↑ Greenland AIP for BGIN – Innaarsuit Heliport from Naviair
- 1 2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ↑ Air Greenland, fare system rules
- ↑ ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32478
- ↑ FOUR KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN GREENLAND