Nerlerit Inaat Airport
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Nerlerit Inaat Airport
| nativename = Mittarfik Nerlerit Inaat
| nativename-a = Constable Pynt Lufthavn
| nativename-r = Constable Point Airport
| image = ConstablePyntFromHarrisFjeld.jpg
| image-width = 250
| IATA = CNP
| ICAO = BGCO
| type =
| owner =
| operator = Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
| city-served = Ittoqqortoormiit
| location =
| elevation-f = 45
| coordinates = {{coord|70|44|35|N|022|39|02|W|region:GL|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Greenland
| pushpin_label = BGCO
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland
| website = [http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/lufthavne/nerlerit-inaat/ Nerlerit Inaat lufthavn]
| metric-rwy = Y
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-m = 1,000
| r1-surface = Gravel
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 3,547
| stat-year = 2012
| footnotes = Source: Danish AIS{{AIP GL|BGCO|Nerlerit%20Inaat|Nerlerit Inaat Airport}}
}}
Nerlerit Inaat Airport ({{langx|kl|Mittarfik Nerlerit Inaat}}, {{langx|da|Constable Pynt Lufthavn}}) {{airport codes|CNP|BGCO}}, also referred to as Constable Point Airport{{Cite web |last=Norlandair |title=Nerlerit Inaat |url=https://www.norlandair.is/en/moya/extras/1/nerlerit-inaat |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Norlandair |language=en}} is an airport in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. It is located on Jameson Land and serves the town of Ittoqqortoormiit, approximately {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} to the south-east. The airport can serve STOL aircraft. An AS 350 helicopter of Air Greenland is permanently housed at the airport, linking it with Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport. The helicopter also provides search and rescue capabilities within the surrounding area, and can be chartered for transport.{{Cite web |title=Ittoqqortoormiit - Explore all of our travels to Ittoqqortoormiit. |url=https://www.airgreenland.com/destinationer/ittoqqortoormiit/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.airgreenland.com}}{{Cite web |title=Summer in Ittoqqortoormiit {{!}} 5 Days {{!}} East Greenland |url=https://guidetogreenland.com/book-trips-holiday/summer-in-ittoqqortoormiit-5-days-east-greenland/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Guide to Greenland |language=en-US}}
History
The airport was built in 1985 by the US oil company ARCO in connection with oil exploration in Jameson Land. It was sold to Greenland in 1990.{{Cite web|url = https://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/nerlerit-inaat|title = Nerlerit Inaat|website = www.airgreenland.com|access-date = 2016-04-11|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111508/https://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/nerlerit-inaat|archive-date = 4 March 2016|url-status = dead}}
In summer 2004 the airport was the destination of an arctic trip by two German microlight pilots flying a Flight Design CT2K light aircraft.{{Cite web|url = http://www.lornav.de/greenland.html|title = Im Ultraleichtflugzeug nach Grönland|website = www.lornav.de|access-date = 2016-04-11}}
The airport may be relocated to a new site on Liverpool Land closer to Ittoqqortoormiit, between the settlement and Uunarteq cape ({{langx|da|Kap Tobin}}) to the south, thus eliminating the need for helicopter transfers.{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.gl/politik/article112438.ece |title=Øget trafik i Nationalparken |work=Sermitsiaq |date=9 March 2010 |language=da |access-date=17 May 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120703033712/http://sermitsiaq.gl/politik/article112438.ece |archive-date=3 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
On July 28, 2021, in Nerlerit Inaat Airport, a temperature of {{convert|23.2|°C|}} was recorded.{{cite web |author= |date=28 July 2021 |title=04341: Constable Pynt (Greenland) |url=https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=04341&ano=2021&mes=7&day=29&hora=0&min=0&ndays=30 |access-date=29 July 2021 |website=ogimet.com |publisher=OGIMET |quote=}}
Operations
The airport has around 15 employees, who have their home within the airport area. No other settlement is reachable by road, making the airport possibly the one with smallest population reachable by road in the world. There is a road to a seaport around 2 km south of the terminal building, and some other roads in the area. Transportation to the main settlement in the area (Ittoqqortoormiit) is by helicopter or (in the summer) by boat .[https://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/nerlerit-inaat Nerlerit Inaat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111508/https://www.airgreenland.com/destinations/greenland/nerlerit-inaat |date=4 March 2016 }} (airgreenland.com)
The airport acts as stopping off point for a number of expeditions into Jameson Land and Northeast Greenland National Park. Areas such as Renland have only just been visited, or have had no known visitors.
Airlines and destinations
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|Air Greenland | Ittoqqortoormiit{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=725}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g295111-i9932-k13130094-Ittoqqortoormiit_flight_to_Nuuk-Greenland.html|title=TripAdvisor discussion on the fact there are no domestic fixed wing flights from Nerlerit Inaat}}{{Cite web|url=https://visitgreenland.com/destinations/ittoqqortoormiit/#getthere|title=Visit Greenland website says that there are 'No direct internal flights' to Ittoqqortoormiit, meaning Nerlerit Inaat has no Air Greenland fixed wing flights}}
|Norlandair |Akureyri, Reykjavik{{Cite web|url=https://www.norlandair.is/en/scheduled-flights|title=Norlandair Flight Schedule|access-date=2 June 2023|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516003105/https://www.norlandair.is/en/scheduled-flights|url-status=dead}}
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