Pangnirtung Airport

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Pangnirtung Airport
IATA: YXP – ICAO: CYXP
– WMO: 71826
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government of Nunavut
Location Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 79 ft / 24 m
Coordinates 66°08′42″N 065°42′49″W / 66.14500°N 65.71361°W / 66.14500; -65.71361Coordinates: 66°08′42″N 065°42′49″W / 66.14500°N 65.71361°W / 66.14500; -65.71361
Map
CYXP
Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 2,920 890 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 2,049
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Pangnirtung Airport (IATA: YXP, ICAO: CYXP) is located at Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut.

In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $34.6 million to build a new airport.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Canadian North Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq[5]
First Air Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq[6]

Gallery

Pangnirtung Airport
Pangnirtung airstrip, April 2006 
Douglas Super DC-3, taking off from Pangnirtung Airport 
Interior of the terminal, showing the tapestry woven for the opening of the airport terminal, April 2006 
Abeam the Pangnirtung Airport 
The town and airport snuggled in beside the mountains 
Air Labrador on short final for runway 24 

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 12 December 2013 to 0901Z 6 February 2014
  2. ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. ↑ Nunatsiaq News
  5. ↑ Flight Schedule and Route Map.
  6. ↑ First Air interactive weather/route map

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