AirportsAmmassivik Heliport is a heliport serving Ammassivik, in Kujalleq Municipality, Greenland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is QUW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- QUW
- ICAO code
- BGAS
- City
- Ammassivik
- State or region
- Kujalleq Municipality
- Country
- Greenland
- Kind
- Heliport
- Coordinates
- 60.5974° N, 45.3824° W
- Elevation
- 22 m (71 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, QUW means Ammassivik Heliport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: BGAS. 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 60.5974° N, 45.3824° W. It stands 22 metres (71 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alluitsup Paa HeliportAlluitsup Paa | LLU | 18 km |
| Eqalugaarsuit HeliportEqalugaarsuit | QFG | 29 km |
| Saarloq HeliportSaarloq | QOQ | 36 km |
| Qaqortoq AirportQaqortoq | JJU | 42 km |
| Igaliku HeliportIgaliku | QFX | 44 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,823 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,591 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,141 km | 10 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,902 km | 4 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,944 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,865 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,642 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,314 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,820 km | 20 h 45 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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