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

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.

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Sanikiluaq Airport Wikipedia

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