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Ilulissat Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Ilulissat, Danish: Ilulissat Lufthavn);
(IATA: JAV, ICAO: BGJN) is a minor international airport serving Ilulissat, Greenland, the entire Disko Bay Region, the North and West Greenland.
It is the 59th largest airport in the Nordic countries with 83,000 passengers in 2012 and is the second airport built in Greenland for civilian travel partially
funded by the EU (former EC) Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund. It is the third-busiest airport in Greenland, and by far one of the busiest for international
travel in Greenland.
The airport is located north-east of Ilulissat, just 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) of city centre. It was built in 1983,
replacing the heliport.
The airport is the main hub out of three used by Air Greenland.
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Ilulissat Airport
Mittarfik Ilulissat
Ilulissat Lufthavn |
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| Summary |
| Airport type |
State owned |
| Owner |
Mittarfeqarfiit |
| Serves |
Ilulissat and Disko Bay, Greenland |
| Location |
Ilulissat, Avannaata Municipality |
| Hub for |
Air Greenland |
| Elevation AMSL |
95 ft / 29 m |
| Coordinates |
69°14′36″N
051°03′26″W |
| Map |
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Location within Greenland
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| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
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ft |
| 07/25 |
845 |
2,772 |
Asphalt |
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| Statistics (2012) |
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Source: AIP |
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air Greenland |
Aasiaat, Ilimanaq, Kangerlussuaq, Nuuk, Qaanaaq, Qaarsut, Qeqertaq, Saqqaq, Sisimiut, Upernavik
Seasonal: Qasigiannguit, Qeqertarsuaq, Reykjavík–Keflavík |
| Air Iceland Connect |
Seasonal: Reykjavík–City |
| Air Nunavut |
Charter: Iqaluit |
Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Disko Bay area. 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. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay and Aasiaat archipelago areas are operated only during winter and spring.
During summer and autumn, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline.
Airport expansion
The purpose of Ilulissat Airport has been debated in Greenland for decades; there has been pressure for runway extension from the local
tourist industry and municipal authorities. An expansion considering constructing a new airport in Ilulissat is in progress.
The expansion of the airport will feature a 2,200 m (7,218 ft) runway to let the airport receive direct international airliner
flights from mainland Europe and the Americas. It will be located just north of the present airport. The airport will then (together with Nuuk Airport which will also be expanded)
join or even replace Kangerlussuaq Airport as a primary hub, effectively becoming an international gateway to western and northwestern Greenland.
There is a general debate on extending or replacing most airports in Greenland, since most are ill located former air bases, or very short.
Photographs
Air Iceland de Havilland Canada Dash-8 106
Air Greenland Sikorsky S-61N helicopter
Air Greenland de Havilland Canada Dash 7, "Nipiki"
Beechcraft Super King Air B200 of Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration (Flugmálastjórn Íslands)
Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S-92 landing at Ilulissat Airport
Accidents and incidents
On 29 January 2014, a De Havilland DHC-8 operated by Air Greenland (Flight 3205) suffered substantial damage in a landing accident.
On landing, the left main gear collapsed and the plane skidded down a slope and came to a rest near the perimeter fence.
This caused three injuries, not serious, and aircraft scrapped. The cause was a pilot error in difficult wind conditions.
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