Resolute Bay Airport (CYRB), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Resolute Bay Airport (CYRB) sits in Nunavut, well north of the Arctic Circle, with a single gravel runway serving the community. Cross-border traffic tracked by the FAA remains light and seasonal, reflecting the airport's remote High Arctic location.
Runways
Resolute Bay Airport has one unpaved runway, 17T/35T, 6,500 ft long and 200 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Business aviation traffic
Resolute Bay Airport recorded 199 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in October. FAA-tracked cross-border business aviation traffic at CYRB peaks in October, with September and July also showing higher activity than the winter months.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 38 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
Resolute Bay Airport averages 31.0 freeze days in January and 0.6 snow days in September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 45.9°F, and February the coldest, at -19.8°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Resolute Bay Airport has one alternate within 195 NM. The nearest alternate is Arctic Bay Airport (CYAB), 194.52 NM southeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYRB
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 CYRB.
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 does CYRB offer?
Resolute Bay Airport (CYRB) has one runway, designated 17T/35T, measuring 6,500 feet long and 200 feet wide. The surface is gravel, not paved, which is typical for airports in this part of the Canadian Arctic.
How much cross-border business aviation traffic does Resolute Bay Airport see?
FAA TFMSC data shows 199 cross-border business aviation operations at CYRB in 2025, out of 1,377 total tracked operations. Monthly volumes are low and uneven, ranging from single digits in winter months to 38 in October.
What are winter conditions like at CYRB?
Resolute Bay Airport records extreme cold for much of the year, with average high temperatures below freezing from September through May. January and February average highs run near -18°F to -20°F, and days below freezing exceed 28 in nearly every month outside summer.