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.

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Sanikiluaq Airport
IATA: YSK ICAO: CYSK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Nunavut
Location	Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	110 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	56°32′13″N 079°15′00″W
Map
CYSK Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 3,807 1,160 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 1,190
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Movements from Statistics Canada.[2]

Airlines and destinations

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Accidents and incidents

• On December 22, 2012, a Fairchild Metro III 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.[6][7]

References

External links

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

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