Kangersuatsiaq Heliport

Kangersuatsiaq Heliport
IATA: KGQ – ICAO: BGKS – LID: KAQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Mittarfeqarfiit
Serves	Kangersuatsiaq, Greenland
Elevation AMSL	112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	72°22′48″N 055°32′43″W / 72.38000°N 55.54528°WCoordinates: 72°22′48″N 055°32′43″W / 72.38000°N 55.54528°W
Map
BGKS Location in Greenland
Helipads
Number Length Surface m ft 1 27 by 18 89 × 59 Grass
Source: Danish AIS[1]

Kangersuatsiaq Heliport (IATA: KGQ, ICAO: BGKS) is a heliport in Kangersuatsiaq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Qaasuitsup 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

Airlines	Destinations
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.

References

1. BGKS – Kangersuatsiaq Heliport (PDF). Greenlandic Aeronautical Information Publication from Statens Luftfartsvæsen (CAA-DK).
2. "Booking system". Air Greenland. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
3. Air Greenland, fare system rules