Pond Inlet Airport (CYIO), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Pond Inlet Airport (CYIO) serves the Nunavut community of Pond Inlet with a single gravel runway. The nearest airport, Arctic Bay Airport, lies about 127 nm away, underscoring the isolation of this part of the Canadian Arctic.
Runways
Pond Inlet Airport has one unpaved runway, 02T/20T, 4,000 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
Pond Inlet Airport recorded 492 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in April. Cross-border traffic at CYIO, as tracked by the FAA, peaks in April and stays comparatively higher from March through September than during the winter months.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month April, 64 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
Pond Inlet Airport averages 31.0 freeze days in January and 1.9 snow days in October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 52.0°F, and February the coldest, at -21.5°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Pond Inlet Airport has one alternate within 127 NM. The nearest alternate is Arctic Bay Airport (CYAB), 126.67 NM west.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYIO
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 CYIO.
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 runway is available at CYIO?
Pond Inlet Airport (CYIO) has one runway, designated 02T/20T, measuring 4,000 feet long and 100 feet wide. The surface is gravel, not paved, so operators should plan performance accordingly for this runway type.
How much traffic does Pond Inlet Airport see?
CYIO recorded 1,514 total annual operations in 2025, with 492 of those classified as business aviation activity, according to FAA TFMSC data. This figure reflects cross-border traffic as tracked by the FAA rather than the airport's complete total activity.
Is there a nearby alternate airport for CYIO?
Arctic Bay Airport is the nearest neighboring facility to Pond Inlet Airport, located approximately 126.67 nautical miles away on a bearing of 282 degrees. Operators planning diversions in this region should account for the significant distance between facilities.