# Iqaluit Airport (YFB / CYFB)

**Iqaluit Airport** (IATA: YFB, ICAO: CYFB) is a medium airport in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 2,623 m (8,605 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 99 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyfb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YFB / CYFB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 34 m / 110 ft
- Coordinates: 63.7564, -68.5558
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,623 m / 8,605 ft
- Passengers: 98,678 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Iqaluit
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqaluit_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2415100
- Weather station: CYFB · WMO 71909
- Ident: CYFB

## Timeline

- 1942: Iqaluit Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,623 m / 8,605 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 128,544 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 140,331 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 156,641 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 140,925 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 98,678 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (1)

- [GOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bggh.md) Nuuk International Airport · Greenland · 822 km / 511 mi · Air Greenland

### Cargo (4)

- [YRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyrt.md) Rankin Inlet Airport · Canada · 1,176 km / 731 mi · Cargojet
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 2,097 km / 1,303 mi · Canadian North, Cargojet
- [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 2,292 km / 1,424 mi · Cargojet
- [YHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm.md) John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · Canada · 2,401 km / 1,492 mi · Cargojet

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YFB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- BFF [Air Nunavut](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-nunavut)

### Passenger (1)

- GL [Air Greenland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-greenland) · 1 · seasonal

### Cargo (2)

- W8 [Cargojet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cargojet) · 4
- 5T [Canadian North](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/canadian-north) · 1

Former hub of [Bradley Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bradley-air-services).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 99K (2021) | #1,824 of 3,974 | #412 in North America | #45 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,623 m / 8,605 ft | =2,017 of 29,858 | =445 in North America | #31 in CA |
| Elevation | 34 m / 110 ft | =36,502 of 43,403 | =16,557 in North America | =1,288 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =32 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MF | Iqalluit Radio, 5nm below 3100ASL | 122.200 |
| PAL | Montreal Control | 134.550 |
| FSS | RDO | 122.200 |
| INTL AIR | Gander Radio | 126.900 |
| VDF |  | 122.200 |
| RCO | Artic Radio, (FISW) | 123.275 |
| APRON ADV |  | 122.925 |

## Nearby airports

- [YLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cylc.md) Kimmirut Airport · 121 km / 75 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Iqaluit Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iqaluit_Airport&oldid=1363821592), revision of 12 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyfb/data