Pangnirtung Airport

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″N 065°42′49″W / 66.14500°N 65.71361°WCoordinates: 66°08′42″N 065°42′49″W / 66.14500°N 65.71361°W
Map
	CYXP Location in Nunavut
Runways
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]
First Air	Iqaluit, Qikiqtarjuaq^[6]

Pangnirtung Airport

Pangnirtung airstrip, April 2006

Douglas Super DC-3, taking off from Pangnirtung Airport

Interior of the terminal, showing the tapestry woven for the opening of the airport terminal, April 2006

Abeam the Pangnirtung Airport

The town and airport snuggled in beside the mountains

Air Labrador de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter on short final for runway 24

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

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