Sanikiluaq Airport

Sanikiluaq Airport
Sanikiluaq Airport
	IATA: YSK; ICAO: CYSK;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	110 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	56°32′13″N 079°15′00″W / 56.53694°N 79.25000°W
Map
	CYSK Location in Nunavut
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	1,190
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement; Movements from Statistics Canada.

Sanikiluaq Airport (IATA: YSK, ICAO: CYSK) is located at Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. It is one of the few airports in Nunavut that uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than true headings.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Inuit	Akulivik, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kuujjuarapik, Montreal, Puvirnituq, Salluit, Umiujaq^[3]
Calm Air	Winnipeg^[4]

Accidents and incidents

On December 22, 2012, a Fairchild Metro III twin-engine turboprop aircraft belonging to Perimeter Aviation but chartered by Kivalliq Air crashed near the end of the runway at Sanikiluaq Airport, killing a 6-month-old baby and injuring the 8 other people on board. The cause was not immediately known.^[5]

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
^ Air Inuit destinations Archived 2013-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-04-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Chartered plane crashes in northern Canada, killing baby". BNO News. 23 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Sanikiluaq Airport from Nav Canada as available.

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[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Total aircraft movements by class of operation

[3] Air Inuit destinations Archived 2013-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-04-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[BNONews2012-5] "Chartered plane crashes in northern Canada, killing baby". BNO News. 23 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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