Qikiqtarjuaq Airport
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Qikiqtarjuaq Airport is located at Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
, Canada
, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.
This airport is a popular stop for pilots ferring turboprop aircraft between Canada and Europe. It is considerably closer to Greenland (Sondre Stromfjord, BGSF) than Iqaluit (CYFB). Jet fuel is available from the airport fuel supplier. AVGAS may be available from the town council, but this needs to be confirmed in advance.
One instrument approach is available, a NDB or GNSS circling approach. Minima is higher than average (2,000 feet barometric, 1,982 above ground) due to high terrain in the area, however, on a clear day, the scenery in the area is spectacular. The runway is deemed to be gravel, but it is in fact a mixture of very firmly packed fine sand and gravel that has a surface texture similar to asphalt. A large overnight parking area is available, but crew must bring their own tiedown anchors.
Qikiqtarjuaq is the destination in, and title of, an episode of Cabin Pressure
, a BBC radio sit-com
set in a one-aircraft airline.
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.
This airport is a popular stop for pilots ferring turboprop aircraft between Canada and Europe. It is considerably closer to Greenland (Sondre Stromfjord, BGSF) than Iqaluit (CYFB). Jet fuel is available from the airport fuel supplier. AVGAS may be available from the town council, but this needs to be confirmed in advance.
One instrument approach is available, a NDB or GNSS circling approach. Minima is higher than average (2,000 feet barometric, 1,982 above ground) due to high terrain in the area, however, on a clear day, the scenery in the area is spectacular. The runway is deemed to be gravel, but it is in fact a mixture of very firmly packed fine sand and gravel that has a surface texture similar to asphalt. A large overnight parking area is available, but crew must bring their own tiedown anchors.
Qikiqtarjuaq is the destination in, and title of, an episode of Cabin Pressure
Cabin Pressure (radio series)
Cabin Pressure is a radio situation comedy series written by John Finnemore. Its first series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. The show follows the exploits of the oddball crew of the single aeroplane owned by "MJN Air" as they are chartered to take all manner of items, people or animals...
, a BBC radio sit-com
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
set in a one-aircraft airline.