Kimmirut Airport

Kimmirut Airport
IATA: YLC – ICAO: CYLC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government of Nunavut
Location Kimmirut
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 169 ft / 52 m
Coordinates 62°50′53″N 069°52′38″W / 62.84806°N 69.87722°WCoordinates: 62°50′53″N 069°52′38″W / 62.84806°N 69.87722°W
Map
CYLC

Location in Nunavut

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 1,899 579 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 634

Kimmirut Airport (IATA: YLC, ICAO: CYLC) is located at Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. Unlike most airports in Nunavut, it uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than true headings.

At 1,899 ft (579 m) the Kimmirut airstrip is the shortest in Nunavut. Formerly Arctic Bay Airport at 1,500 ft (457 m) was the shortest, but in 2010 the runway was extended to 3,935 ft (1,199 m).[1]

The Grise Fiord airstrip is just slightly longer than Kimmirut at 1,988 ft (606 m). The length of the runway and challenging terrain at both Kimmirut and Grise Fiord limit the type of aircraft that can service those communities. Currently, both are served by airlines operating Twin Otter aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Threshold of runway 16
Threshold of runway 34
Overhead Kimmirut airport
Airlines Destinations
First Air Iqaluit[3]
Twin Otter landing runway 34
Twin Otter just landing on runway 34

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
  2. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  3. ↑ First Air schedule

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