Tasiusaq Heliport (Avannaata)
Tasiusaq Heliport (IATA: TQA, ICAO: BGTA) is a heliport in Tasiusaq, 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.
Tasiusaq Heliport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Greenland Airport Authority (Mittarfeqarfiit) | ||||||||||
Serves | Tasiusaq, Greenland | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 181 ft / 55 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 73°22′23″N 056°03′37″W | ||||||||||
Website | Tasiusaq Heliport | ||||||||||
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BGTA Location in Greenland | |||||||||||
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There is also a heliport with the same name located in the village of Tasiusaq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Greenland (settlement flights) | Innaarsuit, Upernavik[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
- Greenland AIP for BGTA – Tasiusaq Heliport from Naviair
- "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine