Aupaluk Airport (CYLA), Quebec
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Aupaluk Airport (CYLA) serves the community of Aupaluk in northern Quebec with a single gravel runway. Traffic at this remote terrain is light and tracked as cross-border activity by the FAA.
Runways
Aupaluk Airport has one unpaved runway, 05/23, 3,521 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Helipads and surfaces under 500 ft are excluded.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Aupaluk Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Iqaluit Airport (CYFB), 269 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Aupaluk Airport recorded 317 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in September. Business aviation traffic at CYLA is concentrated in the July through October period, with September and July recording the highest monthly operations.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month September, 48 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.
Nearby airfields
Aupaluk Airport has two airfields within 46 NM. The closest is Tasiujaq Airport (CYTQ), 39.33 NM south.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYLA
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 CYLA.
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
Where is the nearest customs facility to CYLA?
Aupaluk Airport (CYLA) has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs airport is CYFB, located approximately 269 nautical miles away, so operators requiring clearance must plan a stop there before or after Aupaluk.
What runways are available at Aupaluk Airport?
Aupaluk Airport (CYLA) has two runways. Runway 05/23 is a gravel surface measuring 3521 feet long and 100 feet wide, while runway 04/22 has no published length, width, or surface data.
How much business aviation traffic does CYLA see?
CYLA recorded 317 business aviation operations in 2025 out of 640 total cross-border operations tracked by FAA TFMSC. Traffic is concentrated in certain months, with September and July showing the highest business aviation activity.