Kugluktuk Airport

Kugluktuk Airport
IATA: YCO ICAO: CYCO WMO: 71938
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation  AMSL	74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates	67°49′00″N115°08′38″W / 67.81667°N 115.14389°W / 67.81667; -115.14389
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 5,502 1,677 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 4,185
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [1] Environment Canada [2] Movements from Statistics Canada. [3]

Kugluktuk Airport( IATA : YCO, ICAO : CYCO) is located at Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut.

The old terminal building was constructed more than 40 years ago ^[4] and is being replaced with a new terminal building that has a larger waiting area, airline offices and luggage area. Cost is split nearly evenly between Government of Nunavut and Government of Canada through the National Trade Corridors Fund. ^[5] Construction of the new building began in May 2023 and completed in spring 2025. ^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Canadian North	Cambridge Bay, Ulukhaktok, Yellowknife [ citation needed ]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Buffalo Airways	Yellowknife

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on June 28, 2013.
3. "Aircraft Movement Statistics: Airports Without Air Traffic Control Towers: Annual Report (IP 577): Table 1 — Total aircraft movements by class of operation".
4. Sarkisian, Arty (2025-01-16). "New airport terminals in 5 communities set to start operation in spring". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
5. "New airport terminal opens in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut". CBC News. 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
6. "Kugluktuk Airport Terminal Building". Industra Construction. Retrieved 2025-06-09.

External links

• Media related to Kugluktuk Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Kugluktuk Airport from Nav Canada as available.