AirportsNiaqornat Heliport is a heliport serving Niaqornat, in Avannaata Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NIQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NIQ
- ICAO code
- BGNT
- City
- Niaqornat
- State or region
- Avannaata Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Heliport
- Coordinates
- 70.7894° N, 53.6629° W
- Elevation
- 3 m (10 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NIQ means Niaqornat Heliport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGNT. 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 70.7894° N, 53.6629° W. It stands 3 metres (10 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Qaarsut AirportUummannaq | JQA | 36 km |
| Illorsuit HeliportIllorsuit | IOT | 50 km |
| Uummannaq HeliportUummannaq | UMD | 58 km |
| Ukkusissat HeliportUkkusissat | JUK | 71 km |
| Saattut HeliportSaattut | SAE | 74 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,314 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,217 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,028 km | 10 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 3,393 km | 4 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,541 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,552 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,829 km | 14 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,142 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,657 km | 19 h 20 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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