Upernavik Airport

Upernavik Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Upernavik, Danish: Upernavik Lufthavn) (IATA: JUV, ICAO: BGUK) is an airport located 0.5 NM (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) northeast^[1] of Upernavik, a town in Avannaata 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.

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
Website	Upernavik Lufthavne
Map
BGUK Location in Greenland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 799 2,621 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 6,776
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Greenland	Aappilattoq, Ilulissat, Innaarsuit, Kangersuatsiaq, Kullorsuaq, Nuussuaq, Qaanaaq, Tasiusaq, Thule,[2] Upernavik Kujalleq[2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,^[2] although they can be pre-booked.^[3] 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.

References

1. Greenland AIP for BGUK – Upernavik Airport from Naviair
2. "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
3. Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine