# Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport (YWB / CYKG)

**Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport** (IATA: YWB, ICAO: CYKG) is a small airport in Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Canada. It has one runway, 1,070 m (3,511 ft) long, gravel. It is operated by Kativik Regional Government.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YWB / CYKG
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Kativik Regional Government
- Serves: Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Canada
- Elevation: 153 m / 501 ft
- Coordinates: 61.5886, -71.9294
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,070 m / 3,511 ft
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Toronto
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangiqsujuaq_(Wakeham_Bay)_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q427206
- Weather station: CYKG
- Ident: CYKG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,070 m / 3,511 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Gravel | 121° / 301° |  |

- 14/32 slopes 1.1%: threshold 32 at 146 m / 478 ft, threshold 14 at 158 m / 517 ft.

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [YQC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyha.md) Quaqtaq Airport · Canada · 137 km / 85 mi · Air Inuit
- [YKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyas.md) Kangirsuk Airport · Canada · 203 km / 126 mi · Air Inuit
- [YZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzg.md) Salluit Airport · Canada · 207 km / 129 mi · Air Inuit
- [YVP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvp.md) Kuujjuaq Airport · Canada · 435 km / 270 mi · Air Inuit

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 3H [Air Inuit](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-inuit) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,070 m / 3,511 ft | =12,503 of 29,858 | =4,958 in North America | =479 in CA |
| Elevation | 153 m / 501 ft | =27,014 of 43,403 | =12,905 in North America | #1,089 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Nearby airports

- [YAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ctp9.md) Donaldson Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [YQC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyha.md) Quaqtaq Airport · 137 km / 85 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: “Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangiqsujuaq_(Wakeham_Bay)_Airport&oldid=1363047379), revision of 7 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/cykg/data