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.
Whale Cove Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
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
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 15T points 150° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15T/33T | 4,000 ft1,219 m | — | Unknown | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.