Upernavik Airport Mittarfik Upernavik Upernavik Lufthavn | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Upernavik,Greenland | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 414 ft / 126 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 72°47′25″N056°07′50″W / 72.79028°N 56.13056°W /72.79028; -56.13056 | ||||||||||
| Website | Upernavik Lufthavne | ||||||||||
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Upernavik Airport (Greenlandic:Mittarfik Upernavik,Danish:Upernavik Lufthavn) (IATA:JUV,ICAO:BGUK) is anairport located 0.5 NM (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) northeast[1] ofUpernavik, a town inAvannaata municipality in northwesternGreenland, capable of servingSTOL aircraft. It is used as a transfer airport for passenger/cargo traffic to northern Greenland (Qaanaaq Airport), and serves as a local helicopter hub ofAir Greenland with flights to settlements in theUpernavik Archipelago.
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| Air Greenland | Aappilattoq,Ilulissat,[2]Innaarsuit,Kangersuatsiaq,Kullorsuaq,Nuussuaq,Qaanaaq,Tasiusaq,Thule,[3]Upernavik Kujalleq[3] |
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,[3] although they can be pre-booked.[4] 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.
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