CYXN · YXN

Whale Cove Airport

Whale Cove Airport (CYXN / YXN) is an airfield with scheduled airline service serving Whale Cove, Nunavut. The field lies at 40 ft (12 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 4,000 ft (1,219 m). Its nearest neighbour is Rankin Inlet Airport (YRT), 37 nm NNE.

Movements are not attributed to this field; that neighbour is the nearest one Alārium counts traffic for.

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Location

Elevation
40 ft (12 m)
Coordinates
62.2400, -92.5981
Serving
Whale Cove
Region
Nunavut
Time zone
America/Rankin_Inlet

Runways1 · longest 4,000 ft

Length and width to scale · north up

Orientation and relative length from the designator: runway 15T points 150° magnetic. No published thresholds here, so strips sit about the field centre. Not a chart to navigate by.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
15T/33T4,000 ft1,219 m—Unknown—

Nearby airfields

Nearest paved 3,000 ft
YRTRankin Inlet Airport · 37 nm NNE

Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.