Pangnirtung Airport YXP / CYXP
Pangnirtung, Nunavut · Canada · Government of Nunavut, Department of Economic Development and Transportation
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATACYXP / YXP
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut, Department of Economic Development and Transportation
Coordinates66.1450°N, 65.7136°W
Elevation79 ft · 24 m
Time zoneET (UTC-5/-4 DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYXP — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursNo control tower; served by a Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS, mandatory frequency 122.1) operating limited published hours per the Canada Flight Supplement, with off-hours call-out available. Maintenance contractor on call roughly 13:00-22:00Z Mon-Fri. Gravel strip supports day and night VFR/IFR (abbreviated PAPI fitted); no formal curfew but Jet A-1 fuel requires advance notice/limited hours.
TerminalsSingle small community terminal building
Runways (1)
- 06/24 · 890 m / 2,920 ft · 30 m wide · Gravel
Airport contact
Gravel-strip gateway to the Inuit hamlet of Pangnirtung (pop. ~1,500) on Baffin Island's Cumberland Sound in the Qikiqtaaluk region, linked by Canadian North to Iqaluit and Qikiqtarjuaq. The community, ringed by dramatic fjord and mountain scenery near Auyuittuq National Park, is renowned for Inuit tapestry weaving and printmaking at the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts; the current $34.6-million airport (announced 2005) replaced an earlier strip owing to the community's confined, mountainous terrain.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Canadian North
Canadian North is the sole scheduled carrier serving Pangnirtung and self-handles its own ground operations (check-in, baggage, ramp) at this station; the Government of Nunavut's official airport contact list for YXP names no separate ground-handling company, consistent with self-handling.
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Government of Nunavut (Department of Economic Development and Transportation - Pangnirtung Airport)
The Government of Nunavut directly operates and maintains Pangnirtung Airport (runway, apron, terminal) as the territorial airport operator, with an on-site airport maintainer as the local point of contact; call-out procedures apply outside regular published hours.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
Pangnirtung Inuit Co-operative Limited
The Pangnirtung Co-op is listed as the fuel point of contact on the Government of Nunavut's official Pangnirtung Airport page, selling Jet A-1 drawn from the community tank farm; this is consistent with Nunavut's general model where local contractors operate community bulk-fuel storage under the territorial Petroleum Products Division, though a Pangnirtung-specific supply contract was not independently confirmed. Exact operating hours are unconfirmed, with call-out likely required outside published hours.
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De-icing
Unconfirmed
Canadian North
Industry reporting indicates Canadian North ships its own de-icing fluid and ground servicing equipment to the Nunavut communities it serves and trains its own ground crews to handle it, suggesting any de-icing at YXP would be self-handled by the airline rather than provided by the airport operator; this has not been independently confirmed for Pangnirtung specifically.
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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 cargo and freight uplift/offload for its own scheduled flights at Pangnirtung; unconfirmed whether any third-party freight forwarder also operates at this station.
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Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
ATS Services
ATS Services operates the Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS) at Pangnirtung under a NAV CANADA-managed program, providing aviation weather observations and aerodrome radio advisory on the mandatory frequency 122.1 MHz during published hours.
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Hotel & travel
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