 Sermersooq's municipal council consists of 19 members, elected every four years.Sermersooq is one of two municipalities straddling the western and eastern sides of the island, but is the only municipality where settlements on both coasts are connected via scheduled flights from Nuuk Airport to Kulusuk Airport and Nerlerit Inaat Airport and reverse, operated year-round by Air Greenland.There are also local flights between Nuuk and Paamiut Airport on the west coast.