Cambridge Bay Airport (IATA: YCB, ICAO: CYCB) is located at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the government of Nunavut.
In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $18 million to pave the runway.
On 14 May 2008 a press release from the then Premier of Nunavut, Paul Okalik, and Member of the Legislative Assembly, Keith Peterson, indicated that over the next three years the runway would be widened and lengthened.
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“For Cambridge people rarely smile,
Being urban, squat, and packed with guile.”
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Shedding white rings of tumult, building high
Over the chained bay waters Liberty—
Then, with inviolate curve, forsake our eyes”
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“It was like taking a beloved person to the airport and returning to an empty house. I miss the people. I miss the world.”
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