Grise Fiord Airport guide

Grise Fiord Airport (IATA YGZ, ICAO CYGZ) serves the hamlet of Grise Fiord on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. It lies at roughly 76.43°N and 82.91°W, which makes it one of the northernmost airports in Canada with scheduled service. The airport sits adjacent to the north side of the hamlet, at an elevation of 41 m (135 ft) above sea level. It carries the WMO identifier 71971 and keeps Eastern Time, with daylight saving time in summer.

The airport has a single gravel runway, 14/32, measuring 511 m (1,675 ft) by 23 m (75 ft). It also has a taxiway, an apron and a terminal building. The Government of Nunavut owns and operates the airport, and its Community Aerodrome Radio Station office and airport maintainer handle local airside needs.

Canadian North operates the scheduled flights, linking Grise Fiord with Resolute, about 385 km to the west. Services are mostly cargo, and few flights carry passengers. Statistics Canada counted 190 aircraft movements here in 2010, a measure of the small scale of operations at this remote community airfield.