Nakina Airport (CYQN), Ontario
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Nakina Airport (CYQN) is a low-traffic field in northern Ontario, roughly 66 nautical miles from the nearest metro area. Cross-border business aviation activity, as tracked by the FAA, remains limited and concentrated in specific months.
Runways
Nakina Airport has one paved runway, 09/27, 3,500 ft long and 100 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Nakina Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Thunder Bay International Airport (CYQT), 150 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Nakina Airport recorded 236 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Business aviation traffic at CYQN peaks in July and June, with the lowest activity recorded in March, according to 2025 FAA TFMSC data.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 30 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
Nakina Airport has one airfield within 27 NM. The closest is Geraldton Greenstone Regional Airport (CYGQ), 26.04 NM south.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYQN
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 CYQN.
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 is CYQN and where is it located?
CYQN, also known as Nakina Airport, serves the community of Nakina in Ontario, Canada. It sits at 1,057 feet elevation and reports traffic as cross-border activity seen by the FAA rather than total field operations.
How long is the runway at Nakina Airport?
Nakina Airport has a single paved runway, 09/27, measuring 3,500 feet long and 100 feet wide. The surface is asphalt, and this runway also defines the maximum paved landing distance available at the field.
Is customs clearance available at CYQN?
Customs data for CYQN is not confirmed as onsite in available records. The nearest customs point is CYQT, located approximately 149.69 nautical miles away, so operators should plan clearance there or at another designated port of entry.