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Sanikiluaq Airport
Sanikiluaq
Airport
is located at Sanikiluaq,
Nunavut, Canada
, and is
operated by
the
Government of Nunavut
. It is
one of the few
airports in
Nunavut
that uses magnetic headings for the runway rather than
true headings
.
Airlines
and
destinations
Accidents and
incidents
On
December 22
, 2012, a
Fairchild Metro III
twin-engine
turboprop
aircraft
belonging to
Perimeter Aviation
but chartered by
Kivalliq Air
crashed near the end of the runway at Sanikiluaq Airport, killing a 6-month-old
baby
and injuring the 8
other people
on board
. The cause was not
immediately
known.