Sanikiluaq Airport

Sanikiluaq Airport
IATA: YSK – ICAO: CYSK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	110 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	56°32′13″N 079°15′00″W / 56.53694°N 79.25000°W / 56.53694; -79.25000Coordinates: 56°32′13″N 079°15′00″W / 56.53694°N 79.25000°W / 56.53694; -79.25000
Map
CYSK Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 3,807 1,160 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 1,190
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Movements from Statistics Canada.[2]

Sanikiluaq Airport (IATA: YSK, ICAO: CYSK) is located at Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. It is one of the few airports in Nunavut that uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than true headings.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

• On December 22, 2012, a Fairchild Metro 3/23 twin-engine turboprop aircraft belonging to Perimeter Aviation but chartered by Kivalliq Air crashed near the end of the runway at Sanikiluaq Airport, killing a 6-month-old baby and injuring the 8 other people on board. The cause was not immediately known.^[5]

References

1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
2. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
3. ↑ Air Inuit destinations
4. ↑ http://www.calmair.com/route_map.html
5. ↑ "Chartered plane crashes in northern Canada, killing baby". BNO News. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012. 

External links

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Sanikiluaq Airport from Nav Canada as available.

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