Igloolik Airport (CYGT), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Igloolik Airport (CYGT) serves the community of Igloolik in Nunavut with a single gravel runway. The nearest airport neighbor is Hall Beach Airport, roughly 37 nautical miles to the south.
Runways
Igloolik Airport has one unpaved runway, 15T/33T, 4,095 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Igloolik Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Iqaluit Airport (CYFB), 460 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Igloolik Airport recorded 700 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in October. Business aviation traffic at CYGT is concentrated in the fall months, with operations peaking in October and September.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 80 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
Igloolik Airport averages 31.0 freeze days in January and 2.0 snow days in October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 53.1°F, and February the coldest, at -18.0°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Igloolik Airport has one airfield within 38 NM. The closest is Hall Beach Airport (CYUX), 37.42 NM south.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYGT
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 CYGT.
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
Is there customs service at CYGT?
Igloolik Airport does not have customs onsite. The nearest customs facility is at CYFB, located approximately 460 nautical miles away, so crews arriving from abroad must plan clearance through that airport instead.
What runway does Igloolik Airport offer?
CYGT has a single runway, 15T/33T, measuring 4,095 feet long and 100 feet wide with a gravel surface. There is no paved runway available at this field.
How busy is Igloolik Airport for business aviation traffic?
Igloolik Airport logged 700 business aviation operations against a total of 1,674 operations in 2025, according to FAA TFMSC data. Since CYGT is in Canada, these figures reflect cross-border traffic as tracked by the FAA rather than the airport's full activity.