Grise Fiord Airport

Grise Fiord Airport
IATA: YGZ ICAO: CYGZ WMO: 71971
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Grise Fiord, Nunavut
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation  AMSL	135 ft / 41 m
Coordinates	76°25′33″N082°54′29″W / 76.42583°N 82.90806°W / 76.42583; -82.90806
Map
CYGZ Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 1,675 511 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 190
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [1] Environment Canada [2] Movements from Statistics Canada. [3]

Grise Fiord Airport( IATA : YGZ, ICAO : CYGZ) is located in Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. The only building at this airport is the Air Passenger Shelter and the companies that operate there are Canadian North. Flights to this airport are usually from Resolute Bay Airport and most of them only carry cargo with few to no passengers.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Canadian North	Resolute [4]

Final runway 32

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 November 2025 to 0901Z 22 January 2026.
2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. Current Schedule

Runway 14 Grise Fiord

Runway 32 Grise Fiord

Kenn Borek Twin Otter