Iqaluit Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Nunavut | ||||||||||
| Operator | Nunavut Airport Services Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Location | Iqaluit, Nunavut | ||||||||||
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| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 110 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 63°45′24″N 068°33′22″W / 63.75667°N 68.55611°WCoordinates: 63°45′24″N 068°33′22″W / 63.75667°N 68.55611°W | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 120,040 |
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| Aircraft movements | 20,178 |
Iqaluit Airport (IATA: YFB, ICAO: CYFB) serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the town. It is operated by the government of Nunavut. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Montreal, Rankin Inlet and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as First Air and Canadian North, and from smaller communities throughout eastern Nunavut. It is also used as a forward operating base by the CF-18 Hornet. In 2011, the terminal handled more than 120,000 passengers.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.
The airport serves as a diversion airport on polar routes.
The airport is owned by the Government of Nunavut and operated, under a 30-year contract, by Nunavut Airport Services. The company is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation, which is in turn a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airports Authority.
Iqaluit Airport was founded as Frobisher Bay Air Base in 1942 by the United States Air Force. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the base was used by the United States and Canada for transportation purposes. The base was closed in 1963 and converted into a civilian airport.
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