Uummannaq Heliport | |||||||||||
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Uummannaq Heliport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
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Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) |
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Serves | Uummannaq, Greenland | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 50 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 70°40′49″N 052°09′42″W / 70.68028°N 52.16167°WCoordinates: 70°40′49″N 052°09′42″W / 70.68028°N 52.16167°W | ||||||||||
Website | Uummannaq Heliport | ||||||||||
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Source: Danish AIS
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Uummannaq Heliport (IATA: UMD, ICAO: BGUM) is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport.
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord region. 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.
Neighboring Qaarsut Airport, located on Nuussuaq Peninsula on the other side of the Uummannaq fjord is the only daily connection available from Uummannaq, serving Dash-7 aircraft of Air Greenland. It functions as a mini-hub for Uummannaq, marketed as Uummannaq Airport regardless of its actual location, registration, documentation, and existing booking systems.
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