Passengers on scheduled flights

In the first six months of 2019 a total of 34,016 passengers departed from the six international airports on scheduled flights, which is a decrease of 267 passengers as compared to the same period the last year.

 

Table 1.Number of passengers on scheduled flights, from January to June

	2017	2018	2019
Kangerlussuaq ..................	27,544	28,486	28,994
Nuuk ..........................	1,864	2,141	2,099
Kulusuk ........................	1,504	1,780	1,550
Ilulissat ........................	771	908	509
Nerlerit inaat ....................	365	354	324
Narsarsuaq .....................	449	614	540
Total ...........................	32,497	34,283	34,016

Table on Statbank: bank.stat.gl/tueupax

Source: Greenland Airports

 

Passengers on chartered and scheduled flights

In the first six months of 2019 a total of 34,378 passengers departed from the six international airports on scheduled and chartered flights and, as compared to the last year, there is a decrease of 447 passengers.

 

Figure 1. Number of passengers on chartered and scheduled flights, from January to June

Table on  Statbank:bank.stat.gl/tuefly

Source: Greenland Airports

 

Table 2. Number of passengers on chartered and scheduled flights, from January to June

	2017	2018	2019
Greenland ...................	13,088	14,001	13,861
Denmark ....................	11,165	11,423	11,220
Foreign countries .............	6,541	6,712	5,791
N/A .........................	2,093	2,689	3,506
Total.......................	32,887	34,825	34,378

Table on Statbank:bank.stat.gl/tuefly

 

Among the passengers in “foreign countries”, the figure below shows the distribution by country of residence.

 

Figure 2. Number of passengers distributed by country of residence, from January to June

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