# Hall Beach Airport (YUX)

> Sanirajak, CA · IATA: YUX · ICAO: CYUX · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YUX` |
| ICAO | `CYUX` |
| City | Sanirajak |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 9 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 68.77610, -81.24250 |

## Description

A lit gravel runway of roughly 1,649 m and no cargo building at all define Hall Beach Airport (IATA: YUX, ICAO: CYUX), the year-round air link for the Inuit community of Sanirajak on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada. The field began in the 1950s as FOX-MAIN, a DEW Line radar site, and is now operated by the Government of Nunavut; since the community reverted to the name Sanirajak in 2020 the airport is also listed under that name. Canadian North provides the scheduled service, linking neighbouring Igloolik and the regional hub at Iqaluit (YFB) while carrying mail, food and urgent goods. With no freight terminal, no cold-chain capacity and no customs post, forwarder consolidation happens at Iqaluit, with southern Canadian feeds through Ottawa (YOW) and Winnipeg (YWG). Heavy and bulky items — construction materials, vehicles, fuel — arrive not by air but on the annual summer sealift during the short ice-free window. Project cargo planning for the region therefore follows the sealift schedule, leaving the airport for time-critical and small consignments. No road connects Sanirajak to the rest of Canada, which keeps the air link essential despite the absence of cargo infrastructure.

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