Cambridge Bay Airport

Cambridge Bay Airport
IATA: YCB – ICAO: CYCB – WMO: 71925
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	102 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	69°06′29″N 105°08′14″W / 69.10806°N 105.13722°WCoordinates: 69°06′29″N 105°08′14″W / 69.10806°N 105.13722°W
Map
CYCB
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 5,076 1,547 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 6,215
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] and Transport Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3] Environment Canada[4]

Cambridge Bay Airport (IATA: YCB, ICAO: CYCB) 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.^[5]

On 14 May 2008 a press release from the then Premier of Nunavut, Paul Okalik, and Member of the Legislative Assembly, Keith Peterson, indicated that over the next three years the runway would be widened and lengthened.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled

Airlines	Destinations
Canadian North	Gjoa Haven, Kugaaruk, Kugluktuk, Taloyoak, Yellowknife[7]
First Air	Gjoa Haven, Kugaaruk, Kugluktuk, Taloyoak, Yellowknife[8]

Charter

Airlines	Destinations
Adlair Aviation	Charters
Air Tindi	Charter and MEDIVAC
Canadian Helicopters	North Warning System contract[9]
Kitikmeot Air	Charters[10]
Kitikmeot Helicopters	Charters, joint operation with Great Slave Helicopters[11][12]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Buffalo Airways	Yellowknife

See also

• Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
2. Airport Divestiture Status Report Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
5. Nunatsiaq News
6. Government of Nunavut to improve Cambridge Bay Airport
7. Flight Schedule and Route Map.
8. https://firstair.ca/schedule/index.php?FROM=YCB First Air Flight Schedule]
9. HNZ Group Wins US Department of Defense North Warning System Contract
10. Kitikmeot Air
11. Great Slave Helicopters – Partners
12. Kitikmeot Helicopters

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

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