Sanikiluaq Airport Explained
| Sanikiluaq Airport |
| Iata: | YSK |
| Icao: | CYSK |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Government of Nunavut |
| Location: | Sanikiluaq, Nunavut |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Summer: | EDT |
| Elevation-F: | 110 |
| Coordinates: | 56.5369°N -79.25°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut |
| Pushpin Label: | CYSK |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nunavut |
| R1-Number: | 09/27 |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,807 |
| R1-Surface: | Gravel |
| Stat-Year: | 2010 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat1-Data: | 1,190 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Canada Flight Supplement
Movements from Statistics Canada.[1] |
Sanikiluaq Airport 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 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.[2] [3]
References
- http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/51-210-x/2011001/t001-eng.htm Total aircraft movements by class of operation
- Web site: Chartered plane crashes in northern Canada, killing baby . . 23 December 2012 . 23 December 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130118182417/http://www.bnowire.com/2012/12/23/chartered-plane-crashes-in-northern-canada-killing-baby/ . 18 January 2013 .
- Web site: Executive summary - Aviation Investigation Report A12Q0216 Collision with terrain of Perimeter Aviation Metro III in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, on 22 December 2012. . 2015-07-14 . 3 March 2019 .
