Kangersuatsiaq Heliport

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Kangersuatsiaq Heliport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
Serves Kangersuatsiaq, Greenland
Elevation  AMSL 112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates 72°22′52″N055°32′12″W / 72.38111°N 55.53667°W / 72.38111; -55.53667 Coordinates: 72°22′52″N055°32′12″W / 72.38111°N 55.53667°W / 72.38111; -55.53667
Website Kangersuatsiaq Heliport
Map
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BGKS
Location in Greenland
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
mft
127 × 1889 × 59Grass
Source: Danish AIS [1]

Kangersuatsiaq Heliport( IATA : KGQ, ICAO : BGKS) is a heliport in Kangersuatsiaq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Greenland (settlement flights) Upernavik, Upernavik Kujalleq [2]

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, [2] although they can be pre-booked. [3] Departure times for these flights as specified during booking are by definition approximate, with the settlement service optimized on the fly depending on local demand for a given day.

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References

  1. ↑ Greenland AIP for BGKS – Kangersuatsiaq Heliport from Naviair
  2. 1 2 "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Air Greenland, fare system rules Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
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