AviatDataKugaaruk Airport YBB / CYBB
Kugaaruk, Nunavut · Canada · Government of Nunavut (Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Nunavut)
Limited hoursJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATACYBB / YBB
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut (Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Nunavut)
Coordinates68.5358°N, 89.8053°W
Elevation51 ft · 16 m
Time zoneMT (UTC-7/-6 DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYBB — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursNo control tower; Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS) provides mandatory-frequency (122.1 MHz) weather and traffic advisories per hours published in the Canada Flight Supplement, managed by NAV CANADA. Airport open for day/night VFR and IFR operations; staff on-site during published hours with call-out procedures available outside those hours. No published curfew; PPR advisable outside CARS hours.
TerminalsSingle small terminal building (integrated with the CARS/radio facility) — the only building at the airport; ramp with two aprons and one taxiway.
Runways (1)
- 05/23 · 1,524 m / 5,000 ft · 30 m wide · Gravel
Airport contact
Serves the Netsilik Inuit (Arviligjuarmiut) hamlet of Kugaaruk (~97% Inuit, pop. ~1,033), a remote Kitikmeot community on the Gulf of Boothia reachable only by air, annual sealift, or seasonal sea ice — no road access. Built in 1968 as Pelly Bay Townsite Airport alongside the Pelly Bay DEW Line Station (1955), a former Cold War Distant Early Warning Line site; renamed to Kugaaruk Airport in 1999 when the hamlet reverted to its traditional Inuktitut name. Canadian North provides scheduled turboprop service linking Kugaaruk with Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, and Yellowknife.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Canadian North
Canadian North is the only scheduled air carrier serving Kugaaruk Airport (flights to/from Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Yellowknife) and self-handles its own station operations here, as there is no third-party ground handler at this remote community airport.
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Aircraft fuel
On request
Koomiut Co-operative Association Limited
Koomiut Co-op, the community co-operative in Kugaaruk, is listed as the "Fuel Supply" contact on the Government of Nunavut's official Kugaaruk Airport page; specific fuel grades (Jet A-1 / 100LL) and availability are unconfirmed.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
ATS Services Limited
ATS Services Limited operates the Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS) at Kugaaruk Airport under contract to the Government of Nunavut, providing aviation radio advisory and weather-observation services to pilots on 122.1 MHz. · Published hours, with call-out procedures available outside regular hours (unconfirmed exact schedule)
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Hotel & travel
Not listed