AirportsIttoqqortoormiit Heliport is a heliport serving Ittoqqortoormiit, in Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OBY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OBY
- ICAO code
- BGSC
- City
- Ittoqqortoormiit
- State or region
- Sermersooq Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Heliport
- Coordinates
- 70.4882° N, 21.9717° W
- Elevation
- 73 m (238 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OBY means Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGSC. 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 70.4882° N, 21.9717° W. It stands 73 metres (238 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Neerlerit Inaat AirportNeerlerit Inaat | CNP | 38 km |
| Grímsey AirportGrímsey/Sandvík, Iceland | GRY | 467 km |
| Ísafjörður AirportÍsafjörður, Iceland | IFJ | 495 km |
| Þórshöfn AirportÞórshöfn, Iceland | THO | 547 km |
| Akureyri International AirportAkureyri, Iceland | AEY | 561 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,356 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,189 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,903 km | 8 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,382 km | 3 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,402 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 6,707 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,121 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,133 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,931 km | 19 h 40 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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