Nakina Airport guide

Nakina Airport (IATA YQN, ICAO CYQN, also listed as R. Elmer Ruddick Nakina Airport) sits beside the community of Nakina in the Town of Greenstone, Thunder Bay District, Northern Ontario. Nakina has about 500 residents and lies on the Canadian National Railway line, which is also served by VIA Rail's The Canadian. The airfield stands at 1,052 feet (321 m) above sea level.

The airport has a single asphalt runway, 09/27, measuring 3,500 feet (1,067 m). Statistics Canada recorded 6,696 aircraft movements in 2010. The Loomex Group operates the airport.

Nakina Air Service, headquartered in the town with its hub at the airport, operates charter flights and is listed as serving Thunder Bay, Webequie, Neskantaga, Ogoki Post and Fort Hope (Eabametoong). Floatplane service runs from the separate Nakina Water Aerodrome on Cordingley Lake, just north of the community.

By road, Nakina is reached by Highway 584 from Highway 11 at Geraldton, about 60 kilometres to the south.