Aappilattoq Heliport (Avannaata)

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Aappilattoq Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMittarfeqarfiit
ServesAappilattoq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL42 ft / 13 m
Map
AOQ is located in Greenland
AOQ
AOQ
Location in Greenland
Source: Greenlandic AIP[1]

Aappilattoq Heliport (IATA: AOQ, ICAO: BGAG[2]) is a heliport in Aappilattoq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of government contract.

There is also a heliport with the same name located in the village of Aappilattoq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Upernavik[3]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik area. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,[3] although they can be pre-booked.[4] 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. ^ AIP Greenland [dead link]
  2. ^ Airport information for BGAG at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ a b "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  4. ^ Air Greenland, fare system rules