Kuujjuaq Airport guide

Kuujjuaq Airport is the main air hub of Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec. It sits about 3 km southwest of the village of Kuujjuaq, which lies on the Koksoak River, about 48 km upstream from Ungava Bay. The village has about 2,670 residents and no road link to southern Canada.

The site was surveyed in 1941, and runway construction began the next summer. The airport has two runways: a 1,829 m asphalt strip and a 1,524 m gravel strip. The Kativik Regional Government owns and operates it. A $14.9 million expansion between 2006 and 2008 replaced the 1972 terminal with a 1,225 square metre building that earned silver LEED certification. The field lies 40 metres above sea level.

Air Inuit connects Kuujjuaq with Montreal, Quebec City and most Nunavik villages, including Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit and Tasiujaq. Canadian North flies to Iqaluit and Ottawa. Smaller communities use Kuujjuaq as their transfer point for flights south. The airport recorded 12,485 aircraft movements in 2010.