AirportsKimmirut Airport is a small airport serving Kimmirut, in Nunavut, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YLC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YLC
- ICAO code
- CYLC
- City
- Kimmirut
- State or region
- Nunavut
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 62.8483° N, 69.8779° W
- Elevation
- 53 m (175 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YLC means Kimmirut Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYLC. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 62.8483° N, 69.8779° W. It stands 53 metres (175 feet) above sea level.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Iqaluit AirportIqaluit | YFB | 121 km |
| Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) AirportKangiqsujuaq | YWB | 176 km |
| Quaqtaq AirportQuaqtaq | YQC | 201 km |
| Salluit AirportSalluit | YZG | 306 km |
| Kangirsuk AirportKangirsuk | YKG | 314 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,438 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,341 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,104 km | 11 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,142 km | 5 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,483 km | 3 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,628 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,858 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,759 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,731 km | 19 h 25 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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