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Sanikiluaq Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Sanikiluaq, Nunavut

Elevation AMSL
  
110 ft / 34 m

Code
  
YSK

Phone
  
+1 867-266-8824

Operator
  
Government of Nunavut

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−05:00)

09/27
  
3,807

Elevation
  
32 m

Sanikiluaq Airport

Address
  
Sanikiluaq, NU X0A 0W0, Canada

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.

Accidents and incidents

  • On December 22, 2012, a Fairchild Metro 3/23 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. The cause was not immediately known.

    • References

    Sanikiluaq Airport Wikipedia
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