Pangnirtung Airport

Pangnirtung Airport
IATA: YXP – ICAO: CYXP – WMO: 71826
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	79 ft / 24 m
Coordinates	66°08′42″N 065°42′49″W / 66.14500°N 65.71361°WCoordinates: 66°08′42″N 065°42′49″W / 66.14500°N 65.71361°W
Map
CYXP Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 2,920 890 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 2,049
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

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

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

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Canadian North	Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq[5]
First Air	Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq[6]

Gallery

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 on short final for runway 24

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. Nunatsiaq News
5. Flight Schedule and Route Map.
6. First Air Flight Schedule

External links

• Polar Pilots Info Page
• COPA Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

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