Greenland Airport Authority

The Greenland Airports (Greenlandic: Mittarfeqarfiit, Danish: Grønlands Lufthavne) 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.[2]

Greenland Airports
Mittarffeqarfiit
Grønlands Lufthavne
State owned
IndustryAirport operator
Founded1988
HeadquartersNuuk, Greenland
Area served
Greenland
Key people
Jens Lauridsen (CEO)[1]
Niels Grosen (Operations Director)
RevenueDKK 244 million (2003)
DKK -31 million (2003)
DKK -127 million (2005)
Number of employees
391 (2003)
ParentGreenlandic Ministry of Health and Infrastructure
Websitewww.mit.gl

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

Mittarfeqarfiit semi-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. It shall build or rebuild (extend) the airports in Nuuk, Ilulissat and Qaqortoq, starting 2018, and thereafter own them.

International airports
Air Iceland is the only non-Greenlandic airline providing scheduled international connections to Greenland
AirportMunicipalityInternational connectionAirlines
Ilulissat AirportQaasuitsupReykjavík-domesticAir Greenland[3]
Air Iceland[4]
Kangerlussuaq AirportQeqqataCopenhagenAir Greenland[3]
Kulusuk AirportSermersooqReykjavík-domesticAir Iceland[4]
Narsarsuaq AirportKujalleqReykjavík-domesticAir Iceland [4]
Nerlerit Inaat AirportSermersooqReykjavík-domesticAir Iceland [4]
Nuuk AirportSermersooqReykjavík-domestic, Reykjavík-KeflavíkAir Greenland [3]
Air Iceland [4]

References
  1. Sermitsiaq.AG (Greenlands National Newspaper), 2012/01/12 (in Danish)
  2. Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation), 2010/05/05 (in Danish)
  3. Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Air Iceland Timetable
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