AirportsGrise Fiord Airport is a small airport serving Grise Fiord, in Nunavut, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YGZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YGZ
- ICAO code
- CYGZ
- City
- Grise Fiord
- State or region
- Nunavut
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 76.4258° N, 82.9086° W
- Elevation
- 45 m (146 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YGZ means Grise Fiord Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYGZ. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 76.4258° N, 82.9086° W. It stands 45 metres (146 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Siorapaluk HeliportSiorapaluk, Greenland | SRK | 339 km |
| Qaanaaq AirportQaanaaq, Greenland | NAQ | 358 km |
| Resolute Bay AirportResolute Bay | YRB | 383 km |
| Arctic Bay AirportArctic Bay | YAB | 385 km |
| Pond Inlet AirportPond Inlet | YIO | 440 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,260 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,269 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,357 km | 10 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,311 km | 5 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,004 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,056 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,356 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,212 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,575 km | 18 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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