Whale Cove Airport Guide
Whale Cove Airport is a small public airport serving the hamlet of Whale Cove, Nunavut, on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region. Its codes are YXN (IATA) and CYXN (ICAO). The airfield sits 12 metres (40 feet) above sea level, about 8 kilometres from the community.
Whale Cove has no road link to other communities, so the airport is the hamlet's main connection for passengers, mail, supplies and medical travel. The Government of Nunavut operates it. The hamlet had 470 residents at the 2021 census.
The airfield has one gravel runway, 15/33, which measures 1,200 metres (3,937 feet) long. Statistics Canada recorded 1,481 aircraft movements in 2010. Calm Air flies the scheduled service to Rankin Inlet, about 74 kilometres to the north-northeast. Nolinor Aviation has run charter flights to the Meadowbank mine site. The airport's time zone is Central Time, with daylight saving time observed in summer.
Services
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 1 runway
- Location
- 62.240, -92.598
- Operator
- Government of Nunavut
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalWhale Cove Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Whale Cove 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.
- Whale Cove Airport TerminalDomestic
Calm Air
Nearby cities
1 cityWhale Cove Airport is closest to Whale Cove (8 km south). 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.
- Whale Cove8 km south
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