Cape Dorset Airport Guide
Kinngait Airport (ICAO CYTE) serves the hamlet of Kinngait, formerly Cape Dorset, on Dorset Island off the Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut. The community of about 1,400 people has no road link to other settlements, so the airport is its year-round connection to the rest of the territory.
The airport has one gravel runway, 13/31, measuring 3,988 by 100 feet, at an elevation of 158 feet. The surface and length limit it to turboprop aircraft, and its design aircraft is the ATR-42-500. Statistics Canada recorded 1,016 aircraft movements in 2010.
The Government of Nunavut operates the field. Canadian North flies scheduled passenger service to Iqaluit, where travellers connect to flights outside Nunavut. The airport also handles charter flights. Kinngait is known as a centre of Inuit printmaking and carving, and the airport is the usual way for visitors to reach the Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop.
Services
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 1 runway
- Location
- 64.230, -76.527
- Operator
- Government of Nunavut
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalCape Dorset Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Kinngait Airport Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 1 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Kinngait Airport TerminalDomestic
Canadian North
Nearby cities
1 cityCape Dorset Airport is closest to Kinngait (1 km west). With 1 town or city within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Kinngait1 km west
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