Pangnirtung Airport

Pangnirtung Airport
IATA: YXP ICAO: CYXP WMO: 71826
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation  AMSL	79 ft / 24 m
Coordinates	66°08′42″N065°42′49″W / 66.14500°N 65.71361°W / 66.14500; -65.71361
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 2,920 890 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 2,049
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [1] Environment Canada [2] Movements from Statistics Canada. [3]

Pangnirtung Airport( IATA : YXP, ICAO : CYXP) is located at Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut.

In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $34.6 million to build a new airport. ^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Canadian North	Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq [5]

Gallery

Pangnirtung Airport

• 
  Pangnirtung airstrip, April 2006
• 
  Douglas Super DC-3, taking off from Pangnirtung Airport
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  Interior of the terminal, showing the tapestry woven for the opening of the airport terminal, April 2006
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  Abeam the Pangnirtung Airport
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  The town and airport snuggled in beside the mountains
• 
  Air Labrador de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter on short final for runway 24

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 November 2025 to 0901Z 22 January 2026.
2. "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. "Nunatsiaq News". Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2006-02-06.
5. Full network schedule