Kugaaruk Airport (CYBB), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Kugaaruk Airport (CYBB) serves the Nunavut community of Kugaaruk with a single gravel runway. The field sits roughly 704 nautical miles from the nearest major metro area, and its nearest airport neighbors are also small Nunavut fields spread across a wide arc.
Runways
Kugaaruk Airport has one unpaved runway, 05/23, 5,000 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
Kugaaruk Airport recorded 288 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in October. Business aviation traffic at CYBB concentrates in the fall months, peaking in October, according to FAA TFMSC data.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 56 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
Kugaaruk Airport averages 31.0 freeze days in January and 0.9 snow days in October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 57.9°F, and February the coldest, at -20.4°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Kugaaruk Airport has five alternates within 188 NM. The nearest alternate is Taloyoak Airport (CYYH), 101.18 NM northwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYBB
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 CYBB.
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 CYBB?
No customs data is published for Kugaaruk Airport (CYBB). Operators requiring customs clearance in this region should plan through a designated Canadian customs airport of entry rather than assume onsite processing at CYBB.
What runway is available at Kugaaruk Airport?
Kugaaruk Airport (CYBB) has a single gravel runway, 05/23, measuring 5,000 by 100 feet. There is no paved surface at this field, so operators should plan performance accordingly for the gravel strip.
When does traffic peak at CYBB?
Business aviation traffic at Kugaaruk Airport (CYBB) is heaviest in the fall, with October recording 56 operations against a low of 4 in December, according to FAA TFMSC data. Operators should expect the quietest conditions in the winter months.