Whale Cove Airport

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Whale Cove Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of Nunavut
Location Whale Cove, Nunavut
Time zone CST (UTC−06:00)
  Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation  AMSL 40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates 62°14′24″N092°35′53″W / 62.24000°N 92.59806°W / 62.24000; -92.59806
Map
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CYXN
Location in Nunavut
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CYXN
CYXN (Canada)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
15/333,9371,200Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements1,481

Whale Cove Airport( IATA : YXN, ICAO : CYXN) is located 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) from Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.

Contents

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Calm Air Rankin Inlet [3]
Nolinor Aviation Charter: Meadowbank [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". Statistics Canada. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  3. Calm Air schedule
  4. "Nunavut joint-venture airline signs 10-year deal with Agnico Eagle". Nunatsiaq News. 14 November 2017.