Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport

Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport
IATA: YUB – ICAO: CYUB – WMO: 71985
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of the Northwest Territories
Location	Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	69°26′00″N 133°01′35″W / 69.43333°N 133.02639°WCoordinates: 69°26′00″N 133°01′35″W / 69.43333°N 133.02639°W
Map
CYUB Location in the Northwest Territories
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 5,000 1,524 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 2,356
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Tuktoyaktuk/James Gruben Airport (IATA: YUB, ICAO: CYUB) is near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. There are regular flights going and arriving into the airport, but they come almost entirely from Inuvik.^[1]

The airport is named for James Gruben a local bush pilot/businessman who was killed on the ice road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk on 13 April 2001.^[4] He was the owner of the only 100% Inuvialuit-owned transportation company, E. Gruben's Transport Ltd., that was passed down to him from his father Eddie Gruben and is still in business to this day.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Kenn Borek Air operating as Aklak Air	Inuvik[5]

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. CBC News article on Gruben's accident
5. KBA flight schedule

External links

• GNWT Hansard with members comments on James Gruben

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