Rankin Inlet Airport

Rankin Inlet Airport
IATA: YRT – ICAO: CYRT – WMO: 71083
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	106 ft / 32 m
Coordinates	62°48′38″N 092°06′53″W / 62.81056°N 92.11472°WCoordinates: 62°48′38″N 092°06′53″W / 62.81056°N 92.11472°W
Map
CYRT Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 13,071
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Rankin Inlet Airport (IATA: YRT, ICAO: CYRT) is located at Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.

In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $3 million to improve the Instrument Landing System and expand the apron.^[4]

Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Rankin Inlet is located on the southwest side of the runway and shares the use of the runway when operations necessitate.

Airlines and destinations

The DND Forward Operating Location hangars for CF-18's in Rankin Inlet

Airlines	Destinations
Calm Air	Arviat, Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Churchill, Coral Harbour, Repulse Bay, Thompson, Whale Cove, Winnipeg[5]
Canadian North	Iqaluit, Ottawa, Yellowknife[6]
First Air	Arviat, Baker Lake, Cape Dorset, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbour, Iqaluit, Whale Cove, Winnipeg, Yellowknife[7]
Pronto Airways	Points North Seasonal:Saskatoon[8]

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 — NAV CANADA flight service stations
4. Nunatsiaq News
5. Calm Air schedule
6. Flight Schedule and Route Map.
7. First Air Flight Schedule
8. Pronto Airways schedule

External links

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