Upernavik Airport

Upernavik Airport Mittarfik Upernavik Upernavik Lufthavn
IATA: JUV ICAO: BGUK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit)
Serves	Upernavik, Greenland
Elevation AMSL	414 ft / 126 m
Coordinates	72°47′25″N 056°07′50″W / 72.79028°N 56.13056°W / 72.79028; -56.13056Coordinates: 72°47′25″N 056°07′50″W / 72.79028°N 56.13056°W / 72.79028; -56.13056
Website	Upernavik Lufthavne
Map
BGUK Location in Greenland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 799 2,621 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 6,776
Source: Danish AIS

Upernavik Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Upernavik) (IATA: JUV, ICAO: BGUK) is an airport located 0.5 NM (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) northeast of Upernavik, a town in the Qaasuitsup 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.

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. 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.