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Popular Transportation | Other Transportation Tips | All Tips (7) In Iqaluit Taxis are very popular and convenient. The cost is $4.50 CDN per person for anywhere within the city which is cheap. So if you are alone you are getting a steal, if your in a group of four or five the drive gets a steal.
It is also common for people throughout the city to share cabs. Don't be surprised if along the way you pick up some locals on the way.
The number I provided is to Pai-Pa Taxi Company. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPhone: 979-6528
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The Iqaluit Airport is often affectionately known as the yellow submarine, Iqaluit's busy canary yellow air terminal built in 1990 is positioned almost exactly halfway between Hollywood and Europe. Its runway has seen more movie stars than any other patch of real estate in the North.
The runway is also 3000 metres and an alternate landing point for space shuttles. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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The City of Iqaluit has done a good job providing these monuments with city maps on them, so occassionaly I found it helpful when walking around the city to read the map, find out where you are to and then decide were to go next.
There was also one of these on the beach over in Apex which was also helpful. Leave a Comment
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There are regular flights into Iqaluit and there are competing airlines. The two main airlines are Canadian North and First Air.
The main gateway for Canadian North to Iqaluit is the city of Ottawa. Leave a Comment
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There are regular flights into Iqaluit and there are competing airlines. The two main airlines are Canadian North and First Air.
The main gateway for First Air to Iqaluit is the city of Ottawa and Montreal. Leave a Comment
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Iqaluit doesn't have a transit service anymore. What we do have (in great abundance) are taxis. There is a fixed rate in place for taxis in Iqaluit. for normal destinations the charge is $5.00 per person. from Apex is $5.50. Normally they're pretty fast, but don't be surprised if the cabbie picks up several other people. This is common practice up here, you get used to it. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor HomePhone: 979-5222 is the main one: Paipa
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Ok, so there are only 2 real ways to get to Nunavut. By air and by sea. There are no roads into Nunavut and in fact there is only one road between 2 communities in Nunavut which is between Arctic Bay and Nanisivik. Seeing as how Nanisivik is getting bulldozed to the ground due to the mine closure, we won't even have that accolade anymore.
To get To Iqaluit by air, you have 2 choices. First Air and Canadian North. Both are pretty expensive. You leave from either Montreal or Ottawa, Both cost roughly the same. Depending when you book, you should expect to pay about $730 each way. the flight takes about 3 hours from Ottawa. Because of the price, I would suggest that you spend at least 2 weeks up here to make the trip up worth it.
To get here by sea is pretty tricky, but people do it just the same. Most people take ships or boats from Newfoundland. That takes about 2 weeks through rough seas and it's probably more expensive than flying, considering you find someone willing to take you. so personally I wouldn't suggest it.
Once you're in Iqaluit you have a little bit more choice to get to the communities. The most popular destination from Iqaluit is to Pangnirtung, just north of Iqaluit. Just outside Pang is Auyuittuq National Park. I haven't been to the Pang side of the park, but I spent a summer with Environment Canada on the Qikitarjuaq side, it's very beautiful, definetely worth checking out. You can get to Pangnirtung or Qikitarjuaq (Broughton Island) with Ken Borek Airlines, it takes about an hour. and it'll set you back a couple hundred dollars. Leave a Comment
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on May 9, 2004
on March 23, 2005
