Greenland Airports

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Greenland Airports (Greenlandic: Mittarfeqarfiit) is the national airport operator of the airports in Greenland, in charge of airport upgrades and associated fees and taxes in all airports in Greenland.[1]

Greenland Airports
Mittarffeqarfiit
Company typeState owned
IndustryAirport operator
Founded1988 (Mittarfeqarfiit)
2016 (Kalaallit Airports)
2024 (Greenland Airports)
HeadquartersNuuk, Greenland
Area served
Greenland
Key people
Henrik Estrup (CEO)
Niels Grosen (Operations Director)
RevenueDKK 244 million (2003)
DKK -31 million (2003)
DKK -127 million (2005)
Number of employees
450 (2020)
ParentGreenlandic Ministry of Health and Infrastructure
Websiteairports.gl

Owned by the Government of Greenland, it operates 13 airports, all of which can accommodate fixed-wing STOL operations year-round, and two of which can handle airliners. It also operates a large, countrywide network of 43 heliports, of which 8 are primary heliports, while the rest are considered helistops.[2]

Mittarfeqarfiit pickup-truck in Uummannaq

The company employs over 400 people, mainly staffing the main airports. Most of the helistops are staffed by Air Greenland. Greenland Airports also owns two airport hotels, at Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuaq. It also operates an AFIS school at Narsarsuaq. Greenland Airports is supervised by the Danish Transport Authority regarding safety rules and other regulations.

For all the airports operated by the authority, see the List of airports in Greenland.

In 2016 the state owned company Kalaallit Airports A/S was formed.[3] It shall build or rebuild (extend) the airports in Nuuk, Ilulissat and Qaqortoq, starting 2018, and thereafter own them. In April 2024 Kalaallit Airports and Mittarfeqarfiit were merged and the new company was called Greenland Airports.[4]

International airports

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Icelandair is the only non-Greenlandic airline providing scheduled international connections to Greenland
Airport Municipality International connection Airlines
Ilulissat Airport Avannaata Reykjavík-domestic Air Greenland[5]
Icelandair[6]
Kangerlussuaq Airport Qeqqata Copenhagen Air Greenland[5]
Kulusuk Airport Sermersooq Reykjavík-domestic Icelandair[6]
Narsarsuaq Airport Kujalleq Reykjavík-domestic Icelandair[6]
Nerlerit Inaat Airport Sermersooq Reykjavík-domestic Icelandair[6]
Nuuk Airport Sermersooq Reykjavík-domestic, Reykjavík-Keflavík Air Greenland[5]
Icelandair[6]

References

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  1. ^ Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation), 2010/05/05 (in Danish)
  2. ^ "Organisation". Mittarfeqarfiit A/S (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  3. ^ "Forside".
  4. ^ "Grønlandsk lufthavnskoncern får nyt navn". Check-in.dk. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b c d e Air Iceland Timetable Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine