Arviat Airport (CYEK), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Arviat Airport (CYEK) serves the community of Arviat in Nunavut, with a single gravel runway as its only paved or unpaved surface option. The field sits at 32 feet elevation and lies roughly 117 nautical miles from Rankin Inlet Airport, the nearest listed neighbor.
Runways
Arviat Airport has one unpaved runway, 15T/33T, 4,000 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Business aviation traffic
Arviat Airport recorded 519 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Business aviation traffic at CYEK peaks in July and stays comparatively lower in the spring and winter months.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 68 movements in 2025.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity at the airfield.
Source: FAA TFMSC, cross-border movements, 2025.
Climate
Arviat Airport averages 0.1 days above 90°F in July, 30.9 freeze days in January and 0.6 snow days in May. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 59.4°F, and January the coldest, at -11.9°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Arviat Airport has three alternates within 196 NM. The nearest alternate is Rankin Inlet Airport (CYRT), 116.93 NM northeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYEK
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at CYEK.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
What runway is available at CYEK?
Arviat Airport has a single gravel runway, 15T/33T, measuring 4,000 feet by 100 feet. There is no paved surface at this field, so operators should plan for gravel-runway performance and aircraft suitability.
How much business aviation traffic does Arviat Airport see?
CYEK recorded 519 business aviation operations in 2025 out of 2,555 total operations, according to FAA TFMSC data. As this is Canadian airspace, these figures reflect cross-border traffic tracked by the FAA rather than the airport's full activity.
What are winter conditions like at Arviat Airport?
Arviat Airport sees extended sub-freezing periods, with days below 32F averaging near 31 per month from November through March. Peak business aviation traffic occurs in July, coinciding with the only month averaging above-90F days, though that count stays near zero.