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Community	Airport name	ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...	TC Transport Canada Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio... LID Location identifier A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...	IATA	Coordinates
Alert Alert, Nunavut Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, from the North Pole. It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered east of the present station, off what is now Cape Sheridan, in 1875–1876.Alert was reported to have five permanent...	Alert Airport Alert Airport Alert Airport is the world's northernmost permanent airport, located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately south of the true North Pole. It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert....	CYLT		YLT	82°31′04"N 062°16′50"W
Arctic Bay	Arctic Bay Airport Arctic Bay Airport Arctic Bay Airport, , is a registered aerodrome located southeast of Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Until January 12, 2010 Nanisivik Airport, about from Arctic Bay, was used for scheduled flights. On January 13, 2010, First Air transferred all air services to Arctic Bay's newly expanded airport...		CJX7	YAB	73°00′19"N 085°01′59"W
Arviat	Arviat Airport Arviat Airport Arviat Airport, , is located at Arviat, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYEK		YEK	61°05′39"N 094°04′15"W
Arviat	Arviat Water Aerodrome Arviat Water Aerodrome Arviat Water Aerodrome, , is located north northwest of Arviat, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by Joe Savikataaq....		CRV8		61°08′50"N 094°06′57"W
Baker Lake Baker Lake, Nunavut Baker Lake , is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre, and is notable for being the Canadian Arctic's sole inland community...	Baker Lake Airport Baker Lake Airport Baker Lake Airport, , is located southwest of Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. It is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYBK		YBK	64°17′56"N 096°04′40"W
Baker Lake Baker Lake, Nunavut Baker Lake , is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located inland from Hudson Bay, it is near the nation's geographical centre, and is notable for being the Canadian Arctic's sole inland community...	Baker Lake Water Aerodrome Baker Lake Water Aerodrome Baker Lake Water Aerodrome, , is located at Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. The coordinates are for the lake itself, however there is an alternate landing at Airplane Lake which is from the community....		CJK6		64°19′00"N 096°01′00"W
Cambridge Bay	Cambridge Bay Airport Cambridge Bay Airport Cambridge Bay Airport is located at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $18 million to pave the runway....	CYCB		YCB	69°06′29"N 105°08′18"W
Cambridge Bay	Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome is located just east of the community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Most aircraft land near the docking area operated by Adlair Aviation rather than at the coordinates given. Landing is usually possible only from the middle of June until the middle of September...		CJD7		69°07′20"N 105°01′15"W
Cape Dorset	Cape Dorset Airport Cape Dorset Airport Cape Dorset Airport is located at Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut.Turbo-prop aircraft are used and handled at this airport due to the runway surface and length.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...	CYTE		YTE	64°13′49"N 076°31′29"W
Chesterfield Inlet Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut The community of Chesterfield Inlet is located on the western shore of Hudson Bay, Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut Canada at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet. Igluligaarjuk is the Inuktitut word for "place with few houses", it is the oldest community in Nunavut...	Chesterfield Inlet Airport Chesterfield Inlet Airport Chesterfield Inlet Airport is located northwest of Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...	CYCS		YCS	63°20′50"N 090°43′52"W
Clyde River Clyde River, Nunavut Clyde River is an Inuit hamlet located on the shore of Baffin Island's Patricia Bay, off Clyde Inlet, an arm of Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, of Nunavut Canada. It lies in the Baffin Mountains which in turn form part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain range...	Clyde River Airport Clyde River Airport Clyde River Airport is located northeast of Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...	CYCY		YCY	70°29′10"N 068°31′00"W
Coral Harbour	Coral Harbour Airport Coral Harbour Airport Coral Harbour Airport is located northwest of Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...	CYZS		YZS	64°11′36"N 083°21′34"W
Doris Lake	Doris Lake Aerodrome Doris Lake Aerodrome Doris Lake Aerodrome is a privately owned ice runway located on Doris Lake, Nunavut, Canada. The aerodrome, which is open from January to April, services the related explorations for the gold deposits that were found in the Hope Bay greenstone belt....		CDL7		68°07′31"N 106°35′07"W
Eureka Eureka, Nunavut Eureka is a small research base on Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the north side of Slidre Fiord, which enters Eureka Sound farther west. It is the second-northernmost permanent research community in the world. The...	Eureka Aerodrome	CYEU		YEU	79°59′40"N 085°48′43"W
Gjoa Haven	Gjoa Haven Airport Gjoa Haven Airport Gjoa Haven Airport is located southwest of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.The airport is a single storey building and located next to several trailers. The runway and taxiways are gravel or dirt. The runway is not marked and other than a NDB lacks...	CYHK		YHK	68°38′08"N 095°51′01"W
Grise Fiord	Grise Fiord Airport Grise Fiord Airport Grise Fiord Airport is located at Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. The only building at this airport is the Air Passenger Shelter and the companies that operate there are Air Nunavut using the Super King Air 200 and Kenn Borek Air using the DHC-6 Twin...	CYGZ		YGZ	76°25′34"N 082°54′33"W
Hall Beach	Hall Beach Airport Hall Beach Airport Hall Beach Airport is located at Hall Beach, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYUX		YUX	68°46′32"N 081°14′40"W
Hope Bay	Hope Bay Aerodrome Hope Bay Aerodrome Hope Bay Aerodrome is an aerodrome located near Hope Bay, Nunavut, Canada. The runway serves the gold exploration camps in the area....		CHB3		68°09′50"N 106°36′52"W
Igloolik	Igloolik Airport Igloolik Airport Igloolik Airport is located at Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:...	CYGT		YGT	69°21′53"N 081°48′58"W
Iqaluit	Iqaluit Airport Iqaluit Airport Iqaluit Airport serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the town. It is operated by the government of Nunavut. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Montreal, Rankin Inlet and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as First Air and Canadian North, as well as from smaller...	CYFB		YFB	63°45′23"N 068°33′21"W
Kimmirut	Kimmirut Airport Kimmirut Airport Kimmirut Airport is located at Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. Unlike most airports in Nunavut, it uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than true headings.At the Kimmirut airstrip is the shortest in Nunavut...	CYLC		YLC	62°51′00"N 069°53′00"W
Kugaaruk	Kugaaruk Airport Kugaaruk Airport Kugaaruk Airport , formerly known as Pelly Bay Townsite Airport, is located at Kugaaruk in Nunavut, Canada. It is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...	CYBB		YBB	68°32′04"N 089°48′29"W
Kugluktuk	Kugluktuk Airport Kugluktuk Airport Kugluktuk Airport is located at Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYCO		YCO	67°49′00"N 115°08′38"W
Mary River Mary River (Nunavut) Mary River is located on Baffin Island about northwest of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, and about southwest of Pond Inlet. It is home to iron ore deposits discovered in 1962 by Murray Edmund Watts and Ron Sheardown....	Mary River Aerodrome Mary River Aerodrome Mary River Aerodrome is an aerodrome located adjacent to Mary River, Nunavut, Canada....		CMR2		71°19′27"N 079°21′25"W
Meadowbank Gold Mine Meadowbank Gold Mine The Meadowbank Gold Mine is a gold mine in the Kivalliq district of the Nunavut of Canada.- Discovery :Discovery of gold-containing Archean greenstone in the Baker Lake region were made in the 1980s. Asamera Minterals and Comaplex set out as partners in the project...	Meadowbank Aerodrome Meadowbank Aerodrome Meadowbank Aerodrome is an aerodrome located northeast of Meadowbank Gold Mine, Nunavut, Canada....		CMB2		69°01′30"N 096°04′14"W
Pangnirtung	Pangnirtung Airport Pangnirtung Airport Pangnirtung Airport 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.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYXP		YXP	66°08′42"N 065°42′49"W
Pond Inlet	Pond Inlet Airport Pond Inlet Airport Pond Inlet Airport is located at Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...	CYIO		YIO	72°41′22"N 077°58′08"W
Qikiqtarjuaq	Qikiqtarjuaq Airport Qikiqtarjuaq Airport Qikiqtarjuaq Airport is located at Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.This airport is a popular stop for pilots ferring turboprop aircraft between Canada and Europe. It is considerably closer to Greenland than Iqaluit . Jet fuel is available from the...	CYVM		YVM	67°32′45"N 064°01′53"W
Rankin Inlet	Rankin Inlet Airport Rankin Inlet Airport Rankin Inlet Airport is located at Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $3 million to improve the Instrument Landing System and expand the apron....	CYRT		YRT	62°48′41"N 092°06′57"W
Repulse Bay Repulse Bay, Nunavut Repulse Bay is an Inuit hamlet located on the shore of Hudson Bay, Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut, Canada.-Location and wildlife:The hamlet is located exactly on the Arctic Circle, on the north shore of Repulse Bay and on the south shore of the Rae Isthmus. Transport to the community is provided...	Repulse Bay Airport Repulse Bay Airport Repulse Bay Airport is located at Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYUT		YUT	66°31′17"N 086°13′29"W
Resolute Resolute, Nunavut Resolute or Resolute Bay is a small Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is situated at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region....	Resolute Bay Airport Resolute Bay Airport -Accidents:On August 20, 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-200, carrying 15 people crashed near the airport. Twelve people were killed and three people survived. Flight 6560 was a charter from Yellowknife to Resolute.-External links:...	CYRB		YRB	74°43′01"N 094°58′10"W
Sanikiluaq	Sanikiluaq Airport Sanikiluaq Airport Sanikiluaq Airport 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:...	CYSK		YSK	56°32′13"N 079°15′00"W
Taloyoak	Taloyoak Airport Taloyoak Airport Taloyoak Airport is located west of Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYYH		YYH	69°32′48"N 093°34′37"W
Tanquary Fiord Tanquary Fiord Tanquary Fiord is a fjord on the north coast of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago's Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Quttinirpaaq National Park and extends 30 miles in a north-westerly direction.- History :...	Tanquary Fiord Airport Tanquary Fiord Airport Tanquary Fiord Airport is located at the southern side of Tanquary Fiord, Nunavut, Canada, close to the end of the fiord. It is located within Quttinirpaaq National Park, and is maintained by Parks Canada. It serves as the main access to the park for tourists...		CJQ6	JQ6	81°24′34"N 076°52′54"W
Whale Cove Whale Cove, Nunavut Whale Cove , is a hamlet located south of Rankin Inlet, north of Arviat, in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada, on the western shore of Hudson Bay....	Whale Cove Airport Whale Cove Airport Whale Cove Airport is located Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.-Airlines and destinations:...	CYXN		YXN	62°14′24"N 092°35′53"W

Airports names marked in bold are part of the National Airports System (Canada)
National Airports System (Canada)
Canada's National Airport System was defined in the National Airports Policy published in 1994. It was intended to include all airports with an annual traffic of 200,000 passengers or more, as well as airports serving the national, provincial and territorial capitals.Any airport sustaining an...
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Defunct airports

Community	Airport name	ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...	IATA	Coordinates
Iqaluit	Frobisher Bay Air Base			63°45′21"N 068°32′23"W
Lupin Mine Lupin Mine Lupin Mine was a gold mine in Nunavut Territory, Canada. It opened in 1982 and was originally owned and operated by Echo Bay Mines Limited, who in 2003 became a fully owned subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation....	Lupin Airport Lupin Airport Lupin Airport was an airport located at Lupin Mine, Nunavut, Canada that was operated by Echo Bay Mines Limited.-History:In the 1950 and 60s this area was known as Contwoyto Lake...	CYWO	YWO	65°45′33"N 111°15′00"W
Nanisivik Nanisivik, Nunavut Nanisivik was a company town which was built in 1975 to support the lead-zinc mining and mineral processing operations for the Nanisivik Mine, in production between 1976 and 2002...	Nanisivik Airport Nanisivik Airport Nanisivik Airport was located south of Nanisivik, Nunavut, Canada, and was operated by the Government of Nunavut. Although Nanisivik Mine closed in September 2002 the airport was in operation until 2011 and served the community of Arctic Bay. This was due to the small size of Arctic Bay Airport...	CYSR	YSR	72°58′56"N 084°36′49"W

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