Taloyoak Airport (CYYH), Nunavut
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Taloyoak Airport (CYYH) serves the Nunavut community of Taloyoak with a single gravel runway. The nearest neighboring airfield, Gjoa Haven Airport, lies about 73 nautical miles to the southwest.
Runways
Taloyoak Airport has one unpaved runway, 15T/33T, 4,020 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
Taloyoak Airport recorded 366 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in September. Business aviation traffic at CYYH peaks in September and stays comparatively low through the spring months.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month September, 49 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
Taloyoak Airport averages 31.0 freeze days in January and 1.1 snow days in October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 55.4°F, and February the coldest, at -22.0°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Taloyoak Airport has one alternate within 74 NM. The nearest alternate is Gjoa Haven Airport (CYHK), 73.23 NM southwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYYH
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 CYYH.
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 the runway surface at CYYH?
Taloyoak Airport (CYYH) has a single gravel runway, 15T/33T, measuring 4,020 feet long and 100 feet wide. There is no paved runway data on file for this field, so operators should plan for gravel-surface performance figures.
How much traffic does Taloyoak Airport see?
CYYH recorded 1,472 total annual operations in 2025, with 366 of those classified as business aviation, according to FAA TFMSC data. As this is Canadian crossing traffic tracked by the FAA, it does not represent the airport's full domestic activity.
Does CYYH traffic vary by season?
Yes, business aviation traffic at Taloyoak Airport (CYYH) is concentrated more heavily in the September period, which saw 49 operations versus a low of 15 in April. Dispatchers should expect meaningfully lighter movement counts in the spring shoulder months.