AviatDataPond Inlet Airport YIO / CYIO
Pond Inlet, Nunavut · Canada · Government of Nunavut
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATACYIO / YIO
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut
Coordinates72.6894°N, 77.9689°W
Elevation202 ft · 62 m
Time zoneET (UTC-5/-4 DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYIO — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursNo control tower; NAV CANADA Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS) provides mandatory-frequency advisories on 122.1 MHz (AWOS 128.3 MHz), effective within 5 NM/3,200 ft ASL. Airport is nominally open 24/7 and certified for day and night VFR/IFR, but is staffed during published working hours with after-hours call-out procedures; no published curfew or PPR. Jet A-1 fuel available Mon-Fri 1400-2200Z only.
TerminalsSingle small community terminal building handling scheduled and charter passenger service
Runways (1)
- 02/20 · 1,221 m / 4,006 ft · 30 m wide · Gravel
Airport contact
Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik in Inuktitut) is an Inuit hamlet on northern Baffin Island and the air gateway to Sirmilik National Park, the Bylot Island bird sanctuary, and floe-edge/narwhal tourism; Canadian North operates the only scheduled service, linking the community to Iqaluit, Arctic Bay, Resolute Bay, Clyde River, and Igloolik over a single gravel runway. The airport has no control tower, reflecting the extreme High Arctic remoteness typical of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) region communities that are accessible only by air or seasonal sealift.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Canadian North
Canadian North operates scheduled ATR 72/42 service to Pond Inlet (YIO), connecting via Iqaluit and the Arctic Bay/Resolute Bay corridor, and self-handles its own ground operations at this remote station; Canadian North directly employs a Pond Inlet-based Station Agent for ramp, check-in, and baggage duties rather than using a third-party ground handler.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
Tununiq Sauniq Co-op
Per the Government of Nunavut's official Pond Inlet Airport page, aviation fuel at YIO is supplied by the Tununiq Sauniq Co-op, the local Inuit-owned community co-operative (member of Arctic Co-operatives Limited, serving Pond Inlet since 1968); specific fuel grade breakdown (Jet A-1/100LL) is 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
Available
Canadian North
Canadian North Cargo operates a dedicated station at Pond Inlet Airport within its northern freight network; the airline self-handles cargo at this remote station with no third-party warehouse operator present. · Office opens 2 hours before the first flight and closes 1 hour after the last flight
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Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
ATS Services
ATS Services Ltd. operates the Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS) at Pond Inlet Airport under contract to NAV CANADA, having taken over Nunavut's hamlet CARS network in 2015; it provides aviation surface weather observation and aircraft advisory services on the Mandatory Frequency 122.1 MHz. · Published hours per Canada Flight Supplement, with call-out coverage available outside those hours
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Hotel & travel
Available
Tununiq Sauniq Co-op
The Co-op owns and operates the Sauniq Hotel in Pond Inlet, a 12-room property in the Arctic Co-operatives' Inns North chain, providing lodging that could serve transiting crew and passengers; the hotel maintains its own separate on-site contact distinct from the co-op's general line, and no formal airline crew-rate agreement is confirmed.
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