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Innaarsuit Heliport

Coordinates: 73°12′09″N 056°00′40″W / 73.20250°N 56.01111°W / 73.20250; -56.01111
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Innaarsuit Heliport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGreenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
ServesInnaarsuit, Greenland
Elevation AMSL95 ft / 29 m
Coordinates73°12′09″N 056°00′40″W / 73.20250°N 56.01111°W / 73.20250; -56.01111
Map
BGIN is located in Greenland
BGIN
BGIN
Location in Greenland
Map
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 15 49 Gravel
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Innaarsuit Heliport (IATA: IUI, ICAO: BGIN) is a heliport in Innaarsuit, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights)Tasiusaq, Upernavik[2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik area. 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.

Accidents

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In 1993 a Bell 212 helicopter operated by Grønlandsfly, crashed near Innarsuit. Four were killed (both pilots and two passengers) of the seven on board.[4] [5]

References

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  1. ^ Greenland AIP for BGIN – Innaarsuit Heliport from Naviair
  2. ^ a b "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
  4. ^ ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32478
  5. ^ FOUR KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN GREENLAND