Kangersuatsiaq Heliport
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.- Type: Helipad
- Description: heliport in Greenland
- Also known as: “Kangersuatsiaq”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kangersuatsiaq.
Kangersuatsiaq
Village
Kangersuatsiaq, formerly Prøven, is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The city was estimated to have 121 inhabitants in 2026.
Kangersuatsiaq Heliport
- Categories: heliport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
72.38106° or 72° 22′ 52″ north
Longitude
-55.53649° or 55° 32′ 11″ west
Operator
Mittarfeqarfiit
Abbreviation
“KAQ”
IATA airport code
KGQ
ICAO airport code
BGKS
Open location code
C8469FJ7+CC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=helipad
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Tajik—“Kangersuatsiaq Heliport” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kangersuatsiaqeko heliportua”
- Danish: “Kangersuatsiaq Helistop”
- French: “héliport de Kangersuatsiaq”
- German: “Heliport Kangersuatsiaq”
- Persian: “بالگردگاه کانگرسواتسیاک”
- Tajik: “Болгардгоҳи Кангерсуатсиак”
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