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Sanikiluaq Airport

Sanikiluaq Airport is located at , , , and is operated by the Government of Nunavut. It is one of the few airports in Nunavut that uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than true headings.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Nunavut, Canada
  • Also known as: “CYSK”, “Sanikiluaq, Nunavut”, and “YSK”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paatsaali School.

School building
is a high school in , , Canada. opened in 2011 and has 177 students. Next door to the school is Nuiyak School, an elementary school with 126 students from kindergarten to grade six.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sanikiluaq.

Town
Photo: naturallight, CC BY 2.0.
is a municipality and Inuit community located on the north coast of in , on the . Despite being geographically much closer to the shores of and , the community and the Belcher Islands lie within the Qikiqtaaluk Region of , Canada.

Sanikiluaq Airport

Latitude
56.53656° or 56° 32′ 12″ north
Longitude
-79.2506° or 79° 15′ 2″ west
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Operator
Government of Nunavut
IATA airport code
YSK
ICAO airport code
CYSK
Open location code
9782GPPX+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 401697724
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296280
Wiki­data ID
Q1432729
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sanikiluaq Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sanikiluaq Airport”
  • Finnish: “Sanikiluaqin lentoasema”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Sanikiluaq”
  • French: “aéroport de Sanikiluaq”
  • German: “CYSK”
  • German: “Flughafen Sanikiluaq”
  • German: “Sanikiluaq Airport”
  • German: “YSK”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar udara sanikiluaq”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Sanikiluaq”
  • Indonesian: “CYSK”
  • Indonesian: “YSK”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Sanikiluaq”
  • Japanese: “サニキルーアク空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sanikiluaq”
  • Persian: “CYSK”
  • Persian: “YSK”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سنیکیلواق”
  • Piemontese: “Sanikiluaq Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sanikiluaq”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de sanikiluaq”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Sanikiluaq”
  • Spanish: “CYSK”
  • Spanish: “YSK”
  • Swedish: “Sanikiluaq Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сникилуоқ”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Sanikiluaq”

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