AirportsUkkusissat Heliport is a heliport serving Ukkusissat, in Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JUK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JUK
- ICAO code
- BGUT
- City
- Ukkusissat
- State or region
- Avannaata Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Heliport
- Coordinates
- 71.0494° N, 51.8900° W
- Elevation
- 68 m (223 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JUK means Ukkusissat Heliport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGUT. ICAO codes that begin with B belong to Greenland, Iceland and Kosovo. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 71.0494° N, 51.8900° W. It stands 68 metres (223 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Saattut HeliportSaattut | SAE | 28 km |
| Uummannaq HeliportUummannaq | UMD | 42 km |
| Qaarsut AirportUummannaq | JQA | 46 km |
| Illorsuit HeliportIllorsuit | IOT | 64 km |
| Ikerasak HeliportIkerasak | IKE | 65 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,248 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,149 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,957 km | 10 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,336 km | 4 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,599 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,621 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,776 km | 14 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,125 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,667 km | 19 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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