Grise Fiord Airport

Grise Fiord Airport
IATA: YGZ – ICAO: CYGZ – WMO: 71971
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Grise Fiord, Nunavut
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	135 ft / 41 m
Coordinates	76°25′34″N 082°54′34″W / 76.42611°N 82.90944°WCoordinates: 76°25′34″N 082°54′34″W / 76.42611°N 82.90944°W
Map
CYGZ Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 1,988 606 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 190
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Grise Fiord Airport (IATA: YGZ, ICAO: CYGZ) is located in Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. The only building at this airport is the Air Passenger Shelter and the companies that operate there are Air Nunavut using the Super King Air 200 and Kenn Borek Air using the DHC-6 Twin Otter planes. Flights to this airport are usually from Resolute and most of them only carry cargo with few to no passengers.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Kenn Borek Air operated by Unaalik Aviation	Resolute[4]

Final Runway 32

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. KBA flight schedule

Runway 14 Grise Fiord

Runway 32 Grise Fiord

Ken Borek Twin Otter

External links

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