Pangnirtung Airport

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

Pangnirtung Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut
LocationPangnirtung, Nunavut
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL79 ft / 24 m
Coordinates66°08′42″N 065°42′49″W
Map
CYXP
Location in Nunavut
CYXP
CYXP (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 2,920 890 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements2,049
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

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

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Canadian North Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq[5]
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 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter on short final for runway 24

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. "Nunatsiaq News". Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2006-02-06.
  5. Full network schedule


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