# Rankin Inlet Airport (YRT / CYRT)

**Rankin Inlet Airport** (IATA: YRT, ICAO: CYRT) is a medium airport in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 144 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YRT / CYRT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
- Elevation: 29 m / 94 ft
- Coordinates: 62.8114, -92.1158
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Passengers: 143,928 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Rankin_Inlet
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_Inlet_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355808
- Weather station: CYRT · WMO 71083
- Ident: CYRT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13T/31T | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 55,226 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 53,994 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 61,410 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 72,456 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 80,632 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 129,340 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 83,343 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 91,939 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 120,775 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 135,185 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 143,928 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (7)

- [YXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxn.md) Whale Cove Airport · Canada · 68 km / 42 mi · Calm Air
- [YCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycs.md) Chesterfield Inlet Airport · Canada · 92 km / 57 mi · Calm Air
- [YEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyek.md) Arviat Airport · Canada · 217 km / 135 mi · Calm Air
- [YBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cybk.md) Baker Lake Airport · Canada · 257 km / 160 mi · Calm Air
- [YZS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzs.md) Coral Harbour Airport · Canada · 460 km / 286 mi · Calm Air
- [YUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyut.md) Naujaat Airport · Canada · 498 km / 309 mi · Calm Air
- [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 1,468 km / 912 mi · Calm Air

### Charter (2)

- [YVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvo.md) Val-d'Or Airport · Canada · 1,864 km / 1,158 mi · Nolinor Aviation
- [YMX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cymx.md) Montreal Mirabel International Airport · Canada · 2,221 km / 1,380 mi · Nolinor Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- MO [Calm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/calm-air) · 7
- N5 [Nolinor Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nolinor-aviation) · 2 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 144K (2024) | #1,678 of 3,974 | #377 in North America | #41 in CA |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =87 in CA |
| Elevation | 29 m / 94 ft | =37,171 of 43,403 | =16,857 in North America | =1,306 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MF | Rankin Radio, 5nm below 3100ASL | 122.200 |
| VDF | VHF Direction Finding | 122.200 |
| RCO | Artic Radio (FISE) | 123.550 |
| RDO | Rankin Radio | 122.200 |
| PAL | Edmonton Control | 134.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [YXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxn.md) Whale Cove Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [YCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycs.md) Chesterfield Inlet Airport · 92 km / 57 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: “Rankin Inlet Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rankin_Inlet_Airport&oldid=1363074208), 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/cyrt/data