Resolute Bay Airport

Resolute Bay Airport
IATA: YRB – ICAO: CYRB – WMO: 71924
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Resolute, Nunavut
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	222 ft / 68 m
Coordinates	74°43′01″N 094°58′10″W / 74.71694°N 94.96944°WCoordinates: 74°43′01″N 094°58′10″W / 74.71694°N 94.96944°W
Map
CYRB Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 6,504 1,982 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 3,275
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Resolute Bay Airport (IATA: YRB, ICAO: CYRB) is located at Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.

Airport

The airport was a major transportation hub in the Arctic. Today the airport is an important refuelling stop for aircraft passing through to other places in the high Arctic such as CFS Alert, Eureka and Mould Bay. Unlike some airports in Nunavut, Resolute is equipped with an ILS precision landing system, allowing for large commercial aircraft operations of the sort performed in southern airports. The VOR/DME is located atop a hill next to the airport. The airport is not equipped with radar, however during 2011's Operation Nanook, a temporary radar was set up for the duration of that exercise.^[4]

Proposed expansion

The Royal Canadian Air Force is considering a major expansion of the airport to transform it into a key base for Arctic operations. The expansion would include a 3,000 m (9,843 ft) paved runway, hangars, fuel installations and other infrastructure.

The site would be able to provide logistics for search-and-rescue operations according to a briefing from the Arctic Management Office at 1 Canadian Air Division.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
First Air	Arctic Bay, Iqaluit[6]
Kenn Borek Air	Charters
Kenn Borek Air operated by Unaalik Aviation	Grise Fiord,[7] Charters

Historically, the airport was served by several airlines operating direct, no-change-of-plane scheduled passenger jet service to such Canadian cities as Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Yellowknife. Airlines included CP Air, Nordair, Pacific Western and Transair operating either Boeing 727 or Boeing 737 jetliners. First Air also previously operated scheduled jet service with Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 aircraft. Many of these 727 and 737 flights operated by the various airlines serving Resolute were flown with Combi aircraft which were capable of transporting a mixed load of passengers and freight pallets.

Accidents

On August 20, 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-200 charter flight transporting fifteen people from Yellowknife, crashed near the airport. Twelve people on board the jetliner were killed.^[8]

Gallery

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  Borek Air

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  Resolute Bay Airport

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  Runway 35 True

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  VOR station atop Signal Hill about 1 mile east of the airport

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  Now abandoned and showing its age

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  Part of Operation Nanook

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
2. "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Retrieved 2013-01-10.
3. "Total aircraft movements by class of operation". Statcan.gc.ca. 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
4. "Death in the Arctic". Mayday.
5. RCAF eyes Resolute Bay for new Arctic base
6. "First Air Flight Schedule". Firstair.ca. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
7. "KBA flight schedule". Borekair.com. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
8. Fournier, Chris (2011-08-21). "First Air Says Dozen Killed in Canadian Crash". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2013-01-10.

External links

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