Greenland Airports

Greenland Airports
*Mittarffeqarfiit*
Company type	State owned
Industry	Airport operator
Founded	1988 (Mittarfeqarfiit); 2016 (Kalaallit Airports); 2024 (Greenland Airports)
Headquarters	Nuuk, Greenland
Area served	Greenland
Key people	Henrik Estrup (CEO); Niels Grosen (Operations Director)
Revenue	DKK 244 million (2003)
Operating income	DKK -31 million (2003)
Net income	DKK -127 million (2005)
Number of employees	450 (2020)
Parent	Greenlandic Ministry of Health and Infrastructure
Website	airports.gl

Greenland Airports (Greenlandic: Mittarfeqarfiit) 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.^[1]

Owned by the Government of Greenland, it operates 13 airports, all of which can accommodate fixed-wing STOL operations year-round, and two of which can handle airliners. It also operates a large, countrywide network of 43 heliports, of which 8 are primary heliports, while the rest are considered helistops.^[2]

Mittarfeqarfiit pickup-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.^[3] It shall build or rebuild (extend) the airports in Nuuk, Ilulissat and Qaqortoq, starting 2018, and thereafter own them. In April 2024 Kalaallit Airports and Mittarfeqarfiit were merged and the new company was called Greenland Airports.^[4]

International airports

Icelandair is the only non-Greenlandic airline providing scheduled international connections to Greenland

Airport	Municipality	International connection	Airlines
Ilulissat Airport	Avannaata	Reykjavík-domestic	Air Greenland^[5] Icelandair^[6]
Kangerlussuaq Airport	Qeqqata	Copenhagen	Air Greenland^[5]
Kulusuk Airport	Sermersooq	Reykjavík-domestic	Icelandair^[6]
Narsarsuaq Airport	Kujalleq	Reykjavík-domestic	Icelandair^[6]
Nerlerit Inaat Airport	Sermersooq	Reykjavík-domestic	Icelandair^[6]
Nuuk Airport	Sermersooq	Reykjavík-domestic, Reykjavík-Keflavík	Air Greenland^[5] Icelandair^[6]

References

^ Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation), 2010/05/05 (in Danish)
^ "Organisation". Mittarfeqarfiit A/S (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
^ https://kair.gl/en/ ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Grønlandsk lufthavnskoncern får nyt navn". Check-in.dk. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Air Iceland Timetable Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

[knr-1] Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation), 2010/05/05 (in Danish)

[2] "Organisation". Mittarfeqarfiit A/S (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-11-18.

[3] ttps://kair.gl/en/ ^{[bare URL]}

[4] "Grønlandsk lufthavnskoncern får nyt navn". Check-in.dk. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[gl-5] Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine

[is-6] Air Iceland Timetable Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

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