Increasing number of passengers abroad

The 3’rd quarter of 2021 experienced an increase of 45.1 pct. in the number of passengers abroad compared to the 3’rd quarter of 2020. Compared to the 3’rd quarter of 2019 this was still a fall of 58 pct.

 

September’s 5,554 passengers were the highest number of passengers on scheduled flights since October 2019.

 

In the period January through September, there were 4.9 pct. more passengers on charter and scheduled flights compared to the same period in 2020. Though still 67.1 pct. less than the same period in 2019.

 

Table 1. Number of passengers on scheduled flights, January through September 2019-2021

	2019	2020	2021
Kangerlussuaq	54,387	22,364	23,996
Nuuk	3,763	1,157	570
Kulusuk	4,508	270	163
Ilulissat	3,080	90	0
Nerlerit inaat	786	249	147
Narsarsuaq	4,803	45	0
Total	71,327	24,175	24,876

Table on Statbank: bank.stat.gl/tueupax

Source: Greenland Airports

 

Table 2. Number of passengers on scheduled flights by month, 2019-2021

	2019	2020	2021	Difference
				2020-2021
January	3,952	4,508	1,215	-3,293
February	3,769	3,758	770	-2,988
March	5,016	2,85	1,025	-1,825
April	6,404	5	1,268	1,263
May	6,049	579	1,819	1,24
June	8,866	1,69	3,125	1,435
July	14,585	2,984	4,735	1,751
August	14,623	4,054	5,365	1,311
September	8,063	3,747	5,554	1,807
October	6,344	2,729	-	-
November	4,463	1,389	-	-
December	4,855	2,492	-	-
Total	86,989	30,785	24,876	701

Table on Statbank: bank.stat.gl/tueupax

Data: Greenland Airports

Note: Departures between Greenland and Denmark in April 2020 are counted as chartered flights and not as scheduled flights. The total number of passengers that month were 585.

Note: For the July 2021 numbers, a total of 2 departures have been estimated, and therefore the total may be corrected at the yearly revision.

 

Figure 1. Cumulative number of passengers on scheduled flights, 2018-2021

Table on Statbank: bank.stat.gl/tuefly

Data: Greenland Airports

 

Table 3. Number of passengers on chartered and scheduled flights, January through September 2019-2021

	2019	2020	2021
Greenland	25,089	8,34	9,698
Denmark	21,636	9,441	11,838
Foreign countries	25,136	2,058	2,787
N/A	5,167	5,366	2,108
Total	77,028	25,205	26,431

Table on Statbank: bank.stat.gl/tuefly

Source: Greenland Airports

Note: Due to technical difficulties in Kangerlussuaq January and February of 2020, a large portion of the passengers these months were of unknown origin.