Iqaluit, CA 🇨🇦 Medium Airport Scheduled Service
CYFB
YFB
110 ft
CA-NU
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 63.756402° N, -68.555801° E
Continent: NA
Type: Medium Airport
Keywords: Frobisher Bay Air Base
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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16/34 |
8605 ft | 200 ft | ASP | Active Lighted |
| Type | Description | Frequency |
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| APRON ADV | - | 122.925 MHz |
| FSS | RDO | 122.2 MHz |
| INTL AIR | Gander Radio | 126.9 MHz |
| MF | Iqalluit Radio, 5nm below 3100ASL | 122.2 MHz |
| PAL | Montreal Control | 134.55 MHz |
| RCO | Artic Radio, (FISW) | 123.275 MHz |
| VDF | - | 122.2 MHz |
Taxis are readily available at the airport terminal for arriving flights. Iqaluit operates on a flat-rate, shared-ride system. Passengers pay a fixed fee per person for a trip anywhere within the city. It's recommended to confirm the current rate with the driver before your journey.
Car rental services are available but limited. Companies like Driving Force have a presence at the airport. Due to high demand and a small fleet, it is essential to book a vehicle well in advance of your arrival. The rental counter is located within the terminal building.
There is no public bus or city transit system in Iqaluit. The city is compact, and many areas are walkable. Taxis are the only form of public transportation available from the airport.
1 drum of avgas available in Iqaluit. date 2015/08/30
Reply to @philippe: Hi Philippe, we have a drum of avgas there if somebody needs assistance.
They were all out as of mid-July 2015, none expected until August.
Operator: +1 867 979-5224 (Nunavut government)
Fuel (Jet-A, 100LL by prior arrangement): +1 867 979-1620 or +1 867 979-2855
Reply to @david: I read a couple of books by a Minnesota dentist who liked to take his Super Cub for trips around the Canadian North - it sounded like he often had to arrange for drums at places he was planning to stop, and he'd take the excess on board as baggage. Then he'd fly for a while, find a likely lake to drop into (he was on straight floats) and then transfer the fuel from the bags in the baggage compartment to the fuel tanks.
Thanks. It sounds like the Quebec side of James Bay and Hudson Bay is a better bet than the Ontario/Manitoba/NWT side -- I can't find any avgas between Moosonee and Churchill, except for maybe buying drums.
Reply to @david: drums are 205 litres/45 CDN gallons/54 US gallons.
Reply to @philippe: I've been toying with the idea of flying up north some year, though not as far as Iqaluit. Are the drums 55 US gallons? That would be a bit of a pain in my Warrior, with a 48 US gallon usable fuel capacity.
Avgas here is sold in drums at CAD$449 each (reasonable seeing that it must be shipped by sea in summer only!). You can only buy full drums, so plan to arrive with enough room in the tanks.