Resolute Bay Airport

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Resolute Bay Airport
YRB Airport.jpg
IATA: YRB – ICAO: CYRB
– WMO: 71924
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government of Nunavut
Location Resolute, Nunavut
Time zone CST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL 222 ft / 68 m
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Map
CYRB is located in Nunavut
CYRB
CYRB
Location in Nunavut
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 6,504 1,982 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 3,275

Resolute Bay Airport (IATA: YRB, ICAO: CYRB) is located at Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.

Airport

The airport was a major transportation hub in the Arctic. Today the airport is an important refuelling stop for aircraft passing through to other places in the high Arctic such as CFS Alert, Eureka and Mould Bay. Unlike some airports in Nunavut, Resolute is equipped with an ILS precision landing system, allowing for large commercial aircraft operations of the sort performed in southern airports.[clarification needed] The VOR/DME is located atop a hill next to the airport. The airport is not equipped with radar, however during 2011's Operation Nanook, a temporary radar was set up for the duration of that exercise.[4]

Proposed expansion

The Royal Canadian Air Force is considering a major expansion of the airport to transform it into a key base for Arctic operations. The expansion would include a 3,000 m (9,843 ft) paved runway, hangars, fuel installations and other infrastructure.

The site would be able to provide logistics for search-and-rescue operations according to a briefing from the Arctic Management Office at 1 Canadian Air Division.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
First Air Arctic Bay, Iqaluit[6]
Kenn Borek Air Charters
Kenn Borek Air operated by Unaalik Aviation Grise Fiord,[7] Charters

Historically, the airport was served by several airlines operating direct, no-change-of-plane scheduled passenger jet service to such Canadian cities as Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Yellowknife. Airlines included CP Air, Nordair, Pacific Western and Transair operating either Boeing 727 or Boeing 737 jetliners. First Air also previously operated scheduled jet service with Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 aircraft. Many of these 727 and 737 flights operated by the various airlines serving Resolute were flown with Combi aircraft which were capable of transporting a mixed load of passengers and freight pallets.[citation needed]

Accidents

On August 20, 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-200 charter flight transporting fifteen people from Yellowknife, crashed near the airport. Twelve people on board the jetliner were killed.[8]

Gallery

  • Borek Air

  • Resolute Bay Airport

  • Runway 35 True

  • VOR station atop Signal Hill about 1 mile east of the airport

  • Now abandoned and showing its age

  • Part of Operation Nanook

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
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  5. ↑ RCAF eyes Resolute Bay for new Arctic base
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