Taloyoak Airport guide

Taloyoak Airport is a small public airport on the Boothia Peninsula in Nunavut. It carries the ICAO code CYYH and sits at 27 metres (90 feet) above sea level, about 1.4 kilometres west of the hamlet. The Government of Nunavut operates it, and it is the only year-round link between Taloyoak and the rest of Canada.

The airfield has one gravel runway, 15/33, about 1,222 metres (4,009 feet) long and 30 metres (98 feet) wide. A taxiway and apron serve it, and it is open around the clock for day and night VFR and IFR operations. The territorial government lists the ATR 42-500 as the design aircraft, so the strip is built for turboprop passenger and freight service rather than jets. Nav Canada runs the community aerodrome radio station. Statistics Canada counted 1,929 aircraft movements in 2018.

A two-storey air terminal opened in 2018 at a cost of 6.3 million dollars. It replaced a building about 40 years old and added space for passengers, airline staff and radio operators, along with better access for travellers with disabilities. Canadian North connects the community with Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Kugaaruk and Yellowknife. There is no road to Taloyoak, so the airport also carries cargo and medical travel.