AviatDataCambridge Bay Airport YCB / CYCB
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut · Canada · Government of Nunavut, Department of Economic Development and Transportation
H24Jet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATACYCB / YCB
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut, Department of Economic Development and Transportation
Coordinates69.1081°N, 105.1372°W
Elevation102 ft · 31 m
Time zoneMT (UTC-7/-6 DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYCB — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursAerodrome available 24 hours, 7 days/week for day and night VFR/IFR operations. Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS, NAV CANADA-contracted) provides mandatory-frequency advisories on 122.1 MHz during published staffed hours, with after-hours call-out available; no control tower. Fuel and CARS service outside normal hours by prior arrangement/call-out.
TerminalsSingle small combined terminal building handling all scheduled, charter and cargo traffic; no international facilities.
Runways (1)
- 13/31 · 1,547 m / 5,076 ft · 45.7 m wide · Gravel
Airport contact
Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq) is the administrative hub of Nunavut's Kitikmeot region and home to the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS), Polar Knowledge Canada's flagship Arctic science campus; the airport traces to a 1947 LORAN strip and the 1950s DEW Line site CAM-Main (still active today as a staffed North Warning System station) and is served year-round by Canadian North ATR 42 turboprops to Yellowknife and neighbouring Kitikmeot Inuit hamlets (Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Kugaaruk), with charter and medevac support from Adlair Aviation/Kitikmeot Air and Kivalliq Air.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Canadian North
Canadian North operates its own passenger check-in and baggage counter at Cambridge Bay Airport; the airline's own community listing describes it directly staffing check-in, arrival/departure and baggage functions here, i.e. self-handled by airline staff with no separate ground-handling agent advertised for this station. · Mon-Fri 09:00-16:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-16:00
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Adlair Aviation Ltd
Family-owned Arctic charter operator based at Hangar #1, Cambridge Bay Airport, operating since 1983; the company's own site advertises aviation consulting covering charter arrangement, logistics and ground handling support. It also trades locally as Kitikmeot Air, a separate 100 percent Inuit-owned charter company founded 1998 that shares the same hangar and phone line, per the Nunavut Inuit Firm Registry.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
On request
Qillaq Innovations
100 percent Inuit-owned local company; the Government of Nunavut's own Cambridge Bay Airport contact page lists this company as the airport's designated fuel-supplier contact, with a phone and email that match exactly. The company's own tank-farm page advertises diesel and gasoline pricing but does not publish specific aviation fuel grades online, so aviation product availability, grade and payment terms should be confirmed directly. · Tank farm posted hours Mon-Sat 08:00-18:00, closed Sunday
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
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
Available
Canadian North
Canadian North self-handles freight through a separate on-site cargo office at the airport, distinct from the passenger counter; per the airline's own community listing the office closes during flight times for cargo sorting. · Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-16:00
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Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available · 3 providers
Adlair Aviation Ltd
Provides charter and logistics support from its Cambridge Bay base using a Learjet 25B and Beechcraft King Air 200, its confirmed current fleet; DHC-6 Twin Otter operations continue under its Kitikmeot Air brand. Held a Kitikmeot Region medevac contract that was reassigned to a competitor around 2011. Its branded FBO/fuel-sales partnership operates at its Yellowknife hangar, not at Cambridge Bay.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Government of Nunavut – Cambridge Bay Airport
Government of Nunavut owns and operates Cambridge Bay Airport, including runway, apron and terminal. Its own airport contact page lists a locally contracted airport maintainer as one of three official points of contact for the aerodrome, alongside the CARS office and the fuel supplier; the aerodrome itself is listed as operating 24 hours, with call-out procedures available outside normal staffed hours. · Aerodrome 24/7; maintainer available published hours with after-hours call-out
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
ATS Services
Operates the Community Aerodrome Radio Station at Cambridge Bay, providing aviation radio advisory and aviation surface-weather observation services to arriving and departing aircraft on 122.1 MHz. Community Aerodrome Radio Stations across Nunavut, including this one, operate under contract to NAV CANADA via the Government of Nunavut; this company's listed contact info matches exactly what the Government of Nunavut's own Cambridge Bay Airport page shows for the CARS office.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed