Quaqtaq Airport Guide

Quaqtaq Airport (ICAO CYHA) serves the Inuit village of Quaqtaq in Nunavik, northern Quebec. The village sits on the eastern shore of Diana Bay, on a peninsula that reaches into Hudson Strait where it meets Ungava Bay. No road links Quaqtaq to the rest of Canada, so the airport carries nearly all passengers, mail, freight and medical travel. It lies at an elevation of 32 metres (106 feet).

The airport has a single gravel runway, 18/36, which is 1,073 metres (3,520 feet) long. Quebec's transport ministry owns most Nunavik airports, and the Kativik Regional Government operates them. Roughly 11 million dollars went into Quaqtaq's airport between 2012 and 2013, covering runway resurfacing, a renovated garage, an expanded terminal and a motorized barrier that controls access to the runway. The new terminal opened on 19 February 2014 and is decorated with beluga whale figures.

Air Inuit provides scheduled service to Kuujjuaq, the regional hub, and to the Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay communities of Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk and Salluit. Connections to Montréal and southern Canada are made through Kuujjuaq. Transport Canada statistics recorded 1,495 aircraft movements in 2010.