Pangnirtung Airport (CYXP), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Pangnirtung Airport (CYXP) is a gravel-strip field in Nunavut serving the community of Pangnirtung. Its single runway and remote location place it well outside the customs network, with the nearest clearance point over 160 nautical miles away at CYFB.
Runways
Pangnirtung Airport has one unpaved runway, 06T/24T, 2,920 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Pangnirtung Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Iqaluit Airport (CYFB), 161 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Pangnirtung Airport recorded 364 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in September. Business aviation traffic at CYXP peaks in September, according to the 2025 monthly figures, well above the levels seen in the winter months.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month September, 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
Pangnirtung Airport averages 30.8 freeze days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 53.4°F, and February the coldest, at -7.2°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Pangnirtung Airport has one alternate within 94 NM. The nearest alternate is Qikiqtarjuaq Airport (CYVM), 93.05 NM northeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYXP
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 CYXP.
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 customs clearance available at CYXP?
Pangnirtung Airport (CYXP) has no onsite customs. The nearest customs point is CYFB, located 160.54 nautical miles away, so aircraft arriving from abroad must plan clearance there before or after their Pangnirtung stop.
What kind of runway does Pangnirtung Airport have?
CYXP has a single runway, 06T/24T, measuring 2,920 feet by 100 feet with a gravel surface. There is no paved runway data listed for this field, so operators should plan for unpaved-surface performance.
How much business aviation traffic does CYXP see?
Pangnirtung Airport recorded 364 business aviation operations in 2025 out of 1,626 total annual operations, according to FAA TFMSC data. Since CYXP sits in Canada, this figure reflects cross-border traffic as tracked by the FAA rather than the airport's full activity.