Kangersuatsiaq Heliport Explained

Kangersuatsiaq Heliport
Iata:KGQ
Icao:BGKS
Lid:KAQ
Type:Public
Operator:Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)
City-Served:Kangersuatsiaq, Greenland
Elevation-F:112
Coordinates:72.3811°N -55.5367°W
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Label:BGKS
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Greenland
Website:Kangersuatsiaq Heliport
Metric-Rwy:Y
H1-Number:1
H1-Length-F:27m×18mm (89feet×59feetm)
H1-Length-M:27 × 18
H1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: Danish AIS

Kangersuatsiaq Heliport 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

Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Upernavik Archipelago. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable, although they can be pre-booked.[1] 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.

Notes and References

  1. http://airgreenland.com/information/bestillingafrejse/rejseprodukter Air Greenland, fare system rules