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″N079°15′00″W / 56.53694°N 79.25000°W / 56.53694; -79.25000
Map
CYSK Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 3,807 1,160 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 1,190
Source: Canada Flight Supplement [1] Movements from Statistics Canada. [2]

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	Kuujjuarapik, Umiujaq [3]
Calm Air	Winnipeg [4]
Panorama Aviation	Charter: Iqaluit [5]

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. ^[6] The official TSB report, released in 2015, attributed the accident to pilot error. The crew performed an unstable tailwind approach, which was followed by a go-around procedure with insufficient climb performance, resulting in a collision with the terrain. The infant passenger, being the sole fatality, was not restrained in a child restraint system, nor was one required by regulations. ^[7]

References

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. "Calm Air International LP". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
5. McKay, Jackie (2022-02-07). "Iqaluit to Sanikiluaq flight extended to collect more data on viability". CBC News.
6. "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.
7. Government of Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada (2012-12-22). "Aviation Investigation Report A12Q0216 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada". www.bst.gc.ca. Retrieved 2025-02-07.

External links

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