Passengers on the scheduled flights

In the first quarter of 2019 a total of 12,737 passengers departed from the six international airports on scheduled flights, which is a decrease of 938 passengers as compared to the same period the last year.

 

Table1. Number of passengers on scheduled flights, 1^st quarter

	2017	2018	2019
Kangerlussuaq ..................	11,140	12,044	11,384
Nuuk ..........................	585	843	802
Kulusuk .......................	279	351	262
Ilulissat .......................	154	231	163
Nerlerit inaat ...................	130	134	126
Narsarsuaq ....................	-	-	-
Total ..........................	12,288	13,715	12,737

Table in Statbank: http://bank.stat.gl/tueupax

 

Passengers on chartered and scheduled flights

In the first quarter of 2019 a total of 12,871 passengers departed from the six international airports on scheduled and chartered flights and, as compared to the last year, there is a decrease of 1,070 passengers.

 

Figure 1. Number of passengers on chartered and scheduled flights, 1^st quarter

Table in Statbank: http://bank.stat.gl/tuefly

 

Table2. Number of passengers on chartered and scheduled flights, 1^st quarter

	2017	2018	2019
Greenland ...................	5,117	5,920	5,103
Denmark ....................	4,906	5,018	4,500
Foreign countries .............	1,770	1,956	1,690
N/A .........................	586	1,047	1,578
Total .......................	12,379	13,941	12,871

Table in Statbank: http://bank.stat.gl/tuefly

 

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

 

Figure 2. Number of passengers distributed by country of residence, 1^st quarter

Table in Statbank: http://bank.stat.gl/tuefly