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Kimmirut Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut
LocationKimmirut
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL169 ft / 52 m
Coordinates62°50′53″N 069°52′38″W / 62.84806°N 69.87722°W / 62.84806; -69.87722
Map
CYLC is located in NunavutCYLCCYLCLocation in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 1,899 579 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements634
Source: Canada Flight Supplement
Movements from Statistics Canada.

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 second 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).

The Grise Fiord airstrip is just slightly shorter than Kimmirut at 1,675 ft (511 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
AirlinesDestinations
First Air Iqaluit
Twin Otter landing runway 34
Twin Otter just landing on runway 34

References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  3. First Air schedule

External links

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