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  "address": {
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    "addressCountry": "Canada",
    "addressLocality": "Kinngait"
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  "airlines": [
    "Air Canada"
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      "name": "Domestic to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "45 minutes"
    },
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      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "Domestic to International Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
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      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "International to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
    {
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      "name": "International to International Connection Time",
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      "name": "Interline Connection Time",
      "value": "120 minutes"
    }
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  "city": "Kinngait",
  "code": "YTE",
  "connection_tips": "Cape Dorset Airport serves the renowned Inuit art community of Kinngait on Baffin Island in Nunavut, providing essential aviation connectivity to one of the Arctic's most culturally significant settlements. Ground services accommodate the specific needs of this artistic community, including specialized handling for fragile artwork and cultural materials requiring careful transport to southern markets. The airport supports the community's unique position as both a traditional Inuit settlement maintaining subsistence hunting and fishing practices and a modern art center of international significance. The West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative operates from Kinngait, managing art sales and community services that rely heavily on aviation connectivity.\n\nCharter flights operate year-round despite extreme Arctic conditions, providing passenger service, medical evacuations, and specialized cargo handling for precious artwork and cultural materials. Known worldwide as the birthplace of modern Inuit printmaking and stone carving, this community of approximately 1,400 residents depends on aviation for transporting artwork, supplies, and connecting artists to global markets. The airport supports the thriving arts economy, including the famous Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection and numerous internationally acclaimed Inuit artists whose work is featured in galleries and museums worldwide.\n\nMedical evacuation services are particularly important given the remote Arctic location and the need for specialized healthcare requiring transport to larger medical centers in Iqaluit or southern Canada. The facility serves as a critical cultural bridge, connecting traditional Inuit artistic practices with contemporary art markets in southern Canada and internationally. Seasonal variations dramatically affect operations, with harsh Arctic winters presenting extreme challenges including temperatures below -40\u00b0C, severe wind conditions, and months of darkness, while summer provides continuous daylight and optimal flying weather.",
  "country": "Canada",
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  "flight_search_affiliate_link": "https://book.beatthatflight.com.au/?currency=CAD",
  "frequent_traveler_tip": [
    "Check current schedules for transfers through Cape Dorset Airport.",
    "Check your flight status before leaving for the airport.",
    "Allow extra time during peak travel periods at this airport.",
    "Keep important documents easily accessible at this airport.",
    "Download your airline's mobile app for updates at this airport."
  ],
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  "iataCode": "YTE",
  "icao": "CYTE",
  "international": false,
  "last_modified": "July 2026",
  "last_updated": "2026-03-29",
  "latitude": 64.230003,
  "layover_planner_info": "Cape Dorset Airport (YTE) works best for straightforward domestic turns, not for building aggressive connection margins around multiple separate tickets. Use this page's published MCTs as the floor: 45 minutes for domestic transfers, 120 minutes when interline support is available. For longer stops in Kinngait, assume terminal amenities may be secondary to the surrounding landside area, and keep backup routing through Toronto Pearson International (YYZ) in mind if the day starts to slip.",
  "longitude": -76.526703,
  "mct_domestic_to_domestic": 45,
  "mct_domestic_to_international": 90,
  "mct_interline": 120,
  "mct_international_to_domestic": 90,
  "mct_international_to_international": 120,
  "missed_connection_help": "If you miss a connection at Cape Dorset Airport (YTE), start with the operating airline or transfer desk before leaving the secure area, especially if bags are checked through or your itinerary relies on interline handling. This airport publishes a 120-minute interline buffer, so ask staff to confirm whether onward sectors and baggage can be protected on the same journey before you commit to a new ticket. If same-day recovery fails, compare rebooking options via Toronto Pearson International (YYZ).",
  "name": "Cape Dorset Airport",
  "noindex": false,
  "region": "North America",
  "related_airports": [
    {
      "code": "YYZ",
      "name": "Toronto Pearson International"
    }
  ],
  "terminal_info": "Kinngait Airport is the certified public airport for the south Baffin community of Kinngait, with a 3,988 x 100 ft gravel runway 13/31, AWOS, MF procedures, and the standard package of northern-airport support services within 5 NM. The field is functional and community-scaled rather than elaborate, which is the right way to describe it.\n\nIts real significance comes from what it connects. Kinngait is one of Nunavut's best-known art communities, but the airport is first a year-round lifeline for passenger travel, freight, medevac, and government access on Dorset Island, where there is no road alternative to the wider network.\n\nThat makes CYTE a community airport with outsized cultural importance. It supports everyday movement and essential services for Kinngait while also carrying the cargo and visitor traffic tied to the settlement's internationally recognized Inuit art economy.",
  "terminal_map_url": "https://skyvector.com/airport/CYTE/Cape-Dorset-Airport"
}