Gjoa Haven Airport (CYHK), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Gjoa Haven Airport (CYHK) serves the Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven with a single gravel runway. Traffic is limited and reflects the airport's role as a remote regional link rather than a business aviation hub.
Runways
Gjoa Haven Airport has one unpaved runway, 13T/31T, 4,400 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
Gjoa Haven Airport recorded 328 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in October. Business aviation traffic at CYHK peaks in October, with the lowest volumes seen in December and June.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 54 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
Gjoa Haven Airport averages 31.0 freeze days in January and 1.7 snow days in October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 54.1°F, and February the coldest, at -22.2°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Gjoa Haven Airport has one alternate within 74 NM. The nearest alternate is Taloyoak Airport (CYYH), 73.23 NM northeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYHK
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 CYHK.
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 CYHK located and how long is its runway?
CYHK, Gjoa Haven Airport, sits in Nunavut at 152 feet elevation. Its single runway, 13T/31T, is 4,400 feet long and 100 feet wide with a gravel surface, unpaved and untowered.
What kind of traffic does Gjoa Haven Airport see?
Gjoa Haven Airport recorded 1,747 total annual operations in 2025 per FAA TFMSC data, with 328 of those business aviation movements. Traffic runs low year-round, consistent with a remote northern community airport.
What is the nearest alternate airport to CYHK?
Taloyoak Airport lies 73.23 nautical miles from CYHK on a bearing of 41 degrees. Crews planning into Gjoa Haven Airport should treat it as the closest reference point for diversion planning in this sparsely served region.