Aasiaat Airport

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Aasiaat Airport
IATA: JEG – ICAO: BGAA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Greenland Airport Administration
Serves Aasiaat, Greenland
Location Aasiaat
Elevation AMSL 74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates 68°43′19″N 52°47′05″W / 68.72194°N 52.78472°W / 68.72194; -52.78472Coordinates: 68°43′19″N 52°47′05″W / 68.72194°N 52.78472°W / 68.72194; -52.78472
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 799 2,621 Asphalt
Source: Greenlandic AIP[1]

Aasiaat Airport (IATA: JEG, ICAO: BGAA) is an airport located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast[1] of Aasiaat, a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. It can serve Dash-7 aircraft of Air Greenland[2], although there is no deicing equipment at the airport, which is costly and problematic in Greenlandic winter[3].

Contents

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Aasiaat Airport - destinations
  • Air Greenland (Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq, Qaarsut, Qasigiannguit, Qeqertarsuaq, Sisimiut)

[edit] District helicopters

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Aasiaat area. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable. The village currently served from the Aasiaat Airport is Kangaatsiaq.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b AIP Greenland
  2. ^ Air Greenland, Timetable 2008
  3. ^ "Defective equipment costs Air Greenland millions", Sermitsiaq
  4. ^ Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals

[edit] External links

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