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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.
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Upernavik Airport
Mittarfik Upernavik
Upernavik Lufthavn |
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| 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 |
| Map |
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Location in Greenland
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| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| m |
ft |
| 05/23 |
799 |
2,621 |
Asphalt |
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| Statistics (2012) |
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Source: Danish AIS |
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air Greenland |
Ilulissat, Qaanaaq, Thule |
| Air Greenland (settlement flights) |
Aappilattoq, Innaarsuit, Kangersuatsiaq, Kullorsuaq, Nuussuaq, Tasiusaq, Upernavik Kujalleq |
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.
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