Kinngait Airport

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Kinngait Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut
Location Kinngait, Nunavut
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
  Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation  AMSL 158 ft / 48 m
Coordinates 64°13′49″N076°31′30″W / 64.23028°N 76.52500°W / 64.23028; -76.52500
Map
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CYTE
Location in Nunavut
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CYTE (Canada)
Kinngait Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
13/313,9881,216Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements1,016

Kinngait Airport( IATA : YTE, ICAO : CYTE) is located at Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut.

Contents

Turbo-prop aircraft are used and handled at this airport due to the runway surface and length.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Canadian North Iqaluit [4]

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References

  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  3. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Full network schedule