Kangersuatsiaq Heliport

{{Short description|Heliport in Greenland}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Kangersuatsiaq Heliport

| nativename =

| image = Kangersuasiaq heliport 2007-07-26.jpg

| IATA = KGQ

| ICAO = BGKS

| LID = KAQ

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Greenland Airport Authority
(Mittarfeqarfiit)

| city-served = Kangersuatsiaq, Greenland

| location =

| elevation-f = 112

| coordinates = {{coord|72|22|52|N|055|32|12|W|region:GL|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Greenland

| pushpin_label = BGKS

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland

| website = [http://www.mit.gl/dagens-flyvninger/helipladser/kangersuatsiaq/ Kangersuatsiaq Heliport]

| metric-rwy = Y

| h1-number = 1

| h1-length-f = {{convert|27|×|18|m|disp=number}}

| h1-length-m = 27 × 18

| h1-surface = Grass

| footnotes = Source: Danish AIS{{AIP GL|BGKS|Kangersuatsiaq|Kangersuatsiaq Heliport}}

}}

Kangersuatsiaq Heliport {{airport codes|KGQ|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

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|Air Greenland (settlement flights) | Upernavik,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Upernavik, Greenland|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1103}} Upernavik Kujalleq{{cite web|url=http://book.airgreenland.com/ |publisher=Air Greenland |title=Booking system |accessdate=9 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422211033/http://book.airgreenland.com/ |archivedate=22 April 2010 }}

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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.[http://airgreenland.com/information/bestillingafrejse/rejseprodukter Air Greenland, fare system rules] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713230958/http://airgreenland.com/information/bestillingafrejse/rejseprodukter |date=2010-07-13 }} 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

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{{Airports in Greenland}}

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Category:Airports in the Arctic

Category:Heliports in Greenland

Category:Upernavik Archipelago