Rankin Inlet Airport guide

Rankin Inlet Airport is a public airport on the northwest shore of Hudson Bay in Nunavut. It carries the ICAO code CYRT and sits at 32 metres (106 feet) above sea level. The Government of Nunavut owns and operates it, and it serves as the main air gateway for the Kivalliq region.

The airfield has one asphalt runway, 13/31, which measures 1,829 metres (6,000 feet). An Instrument Landing System supports it, and the territory announced funding in 2005 to improve that system and enlarge the apron. Statistics Canada recorded 13,071 aircraft movements in 2010. The Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location sits on the southwest side of the runway and shares the airfield. The Department of National Defence keeps hangars there for CF-18 fighter jets.

A new air terminal replaced the old building. The 2,650-square-metre terminal can hold 508 passengers and cost $85 million, split between the federal government ($63.5 million) and the Government of Nunavut ($21.5 million). All airline operations, including check-in, arrivals and departures, moved into it on 23 June 2026, and air traffic control moved with them. A second phase is due by April 2028 and will add gates, concession space and an elders seating area.