Iqaluit Airport
| Iqaluit Airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | CYFB |
| IATA code | YFB |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 34 m (112 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 1.4 km northwest of Iqaluit |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Nunavut Territory |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 156,641 (2015) |
| Flight movements |
20,178 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 17/35 | 2623 m × 61 m asphalt |
The Iqaluit Airport ( IATA code : YFB, ICAO code : CYFB ) is the commercial airport of the city of Iqaluit in the territory of Nunavut in Canada . The airport is operated by the territorial government. Until 1987 the airport and city were called Frobisher Bay , hence the IATA code YFB and the ICAO code CYFB.
There are regular flights, for example to Ottawa or Montreal , but smaller communities and settlements in eastern Nunavut are also served. In addition, the Iqaluit airport is a base for fighter aircraft of the type McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet of the Canadian Forces . The airport has the necessary border protection facilities to handle international flights. The airport is also intended for emergency landings along the polar routes.
history
Military use
Iqaluit Airport was created as Frobisher Bay Air Force Base during the 1940s and 1950s; the base was shared by the United States and Canada for transportation. In 1963 the base was closed and the airport was then used for civil air traffic.
Civil use
Since the 1950s, Frobisher Bay has been a popular landing site for so-called technical stops for airlines crossing the North Atlantic. If you started west from Glasgow-Prestwick or Shannon , you usually preferred a route via Iceland or the Azores to Gander and on to New York City or elsewhere. However, due to poor weather forecasts, you sometimes had to switch to a more northerly route (via Frobisher Bay). In the meantime, the Pan Am operated a base in Frobisher Bay.
With the introduction of further long-haul aircraft, Iqaluit was served less and less by international flights. Nevertheless, the airport was always well attended and as a regional airport it was of great importance.
During the 1960s, Frobisher Bay / Iqaluit was mainly served by Nordair from Montreal. Bradley Air Services expanded towards the end of the decade, and by the early 1970s, numerous smaller settlements in the Arctic were being served and supplied with essentials and mail.
In the 1980s, the Canadian airline industry was in a state of upheaval, as Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International bought numerous regional airlines. In 1977 Air Canada bought Nordair and sold it to Canadian Airlines in 1984. Between 1985 and 1988 First Air used additional Boeing 727s on the Montreal-Iqaluit and Ottawa-Iqaluit routes. In 1995 First Air bought the small airline Ptarmigan Airways, and in 2000 Canadian Airlines was acquired by Air Canada.
Infrastructure
- 2 hangars
- 1 terminal
- 1 main taxiway
- 3 ramps
- "Frobisher Bay Touchdown Service"
In the terminal are:
- Check-in counter
- 3 gates
- 1 baggage claim belt
- souvenir shop
- Travel agency
- Tourist Information
- Car rental
- Taxi company
- Children's corner
- handicapped accessible facilities
The airport has 30 short-term parking spaces.
Incidents
Aviation accidents
- On February 13, 1956, a Bristol 170 of Maritime Central Airways crashed two minutes after take-off from Frobisher Bay Airport, killing all three occupants. Inadequate load securing was found to be the cause of the accident , so that a loaded truck chassis started to move when it started. As a result, the center of gravity shifted and the captain lost control of the aircraft when attempting to return to the airport (see also the accident involving a Bristol 170 of Maritime Central Airways ) .
Unscheduled landings
In very rare cases, flights stop in Iqaluit due to medical or technical problems.
On May 31, 1996, Virgin Atlantic Airways 7, which was en route from London to Los Angeles , landed unscheduled in Iqaluit after a passenger suffered a heart attack . This was the first time a Boeing 747 landed in Iqaluit. On landing one of the engines was damaged, so that 397 passengers were stranded in Iqaluit. They were able to resume their flight on two Virgin Atlantic-chartered aircraft after 16 hours of being housed in a nearby curling hall. The damaged aircraft could be repaired and left Iqaluit four days later, and the passenger with the heart attack also survived.
On February 1, 2017, the pilot of a led Boeing 777-300ER of Swiss from Zurich to Los Angeles due to technical problems with an engine here a precautionary landing by. On February 4, 2017, a chartered Antonov took off from Zurich for Iqaluit to deliver a new engine for flight LX40.
Airlines and Destinations
| Airline | Destinations |
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| Air Greenland | Charter: Nuuk |
| Canadian North | Cape Dorset , Clyde River , Hall Beach , Igloolik , Ottawa , Pangnirtung , Pond Inlet , Qikiqtarjuaq , Rankin Inlet , Yellowknife |
| EVAS Air | Gander , Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
| First Air |
Arctic Bay , Cape Dorset , Clyde River , Hall Beach , Igloolik , Kimmirut , Kuujjuaq , Montréal-Trudeau , Ottawa , Pangnirtung , Pond Inlet , Qikiqtarjuaq , Rankin Inlet , Resolute Bay , Yellowknife Seasonal: Winnipeg |
| Nolinor Aviation | Charter: Kitchener-Waterloo , Mary River |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Table 401-0044 Air passenger traffic and flights annual (number). StatCan.gc.ca , accessed May 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
- ^ New Cross-Polar Routes
- ↑ CF-OOV Accident Description . Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ↑ Unexpected Arctic stop for Brits, Yanks ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Swiss has to cancel flight over the Arctic. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Freighter flies replacement engine to Swiss-Boeing in Iqaluit. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Air Greenland cuts Nuuk-Iqaluit scheduled flights in 2015 . In: CBC News , March 6, 2015.
- ↑ NL airline offers Iqaluit-Gander flights . In: CBC News , May 24, 2011.
- ↑ First Air interactive weather / route map ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
