AirportsWhale Cove Airport is a small airport serving Whale Cove, in Nunavut, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YXN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YXN
- ICAO code
- CYXN
- City
- Whale Cove
- State or region
- Nunavut
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 62.2400° N, 92.5981° W
- Elevation
- 12 m (40 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,219 m (4,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YXN means Whale Cove Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYXN. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 62.2400° N, 92.5981° W. It stands 12 metres (40 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Whale Cove Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,219 metres (4,000 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 150.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15T/33T | 1,219 m 4,000 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rankin Inlet AirportRankin Inlet | YRT | 68 km |
| Arviat AirportArviat | YEK | 149 km |
| Chesterfield Inlet AirportChesterfield Inlet | YCS | 155 km |
| Baker Lake AirportBaker Lake | YBK | 287 km |
| Churchill AirportChurchill | YYQ | 397 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,877 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,881 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,878 km | 12 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,231 km | 6 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,710 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,631 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,807 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,178 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,641 km | 18 h 10 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.
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