Moriusaq Heliport

Moriusaq Heliport
IATA: none – ICAO: BGMO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves		Moriusaq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL		44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates		76°45′50″N 069°59′50″W / 76.76389°N 69.99722°W / 76.76389; -69.99722Coordinates: 76°45′50″N 069°59′50″W / 76.76389°N 69.99722°W / 76.76389; -69.99722
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BGMO Location in Greenland

Moriusaq Heliport (ICAO: BGMO^[1]) is a heliport in Moriusaq, a village in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. The village population has dwindled to 2 as of 2010, and thus operations at the heliport are likely to be discontinued at any time.^[2][3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights)	Pituffik, Qaanaaq[4]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Qaanaaq area. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable,^[4] although they can be pre-booked.^[5] Departure times for these flights as specifed during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.

Transfers at Thule Air Base

Travellers bound for Thule Air Base in Pituffik are required to apply for access permit from either Rigsombudsmanden in Nuuk (residents of Greenland), or the Danish Foreign Ministry (all others).^[6] Failure to present the permit during check-in results in denial of boarding. The same rules apply for transfers at Pituffik, including a stopover on the way from Moriusaq to Savissivik.

References

1. ^ Airport information for BGMO at Great Circle Mapper.
2. ^ Sermitsiaq (Danish)
3. ^ Sermitsiaq (Danish)
4. ^ ^{a b} "Booking system". Air Greenland. http://book.airgreenland.com/. Retrieved 9 June 2010. 
5. ^ Air Greenland, fare system rules
6. ^ Air Greenland