Here is the first (not too clear) picture I took from the tarmac.
When we first started coming in fact we where coming Air Canada's Jazz airlines from Ottawa.
I guess they couldn't complete with First Air and Canadian north so that ended I believe the first year.
As much as its cool looking on the outside on the inside its got to be the worst place to get your luggage. There is no turntable, just a straight conveyor belt that comes to an end. It was a bad Idea back in 2010 (likely a bad idea when it was thought up) and its only gotten worse. The airport staff do what they can to stack everything up but its a nutty thing to watch and worse to have to participate in.
Anyway so a few years back they decided they needed to build a new airport. Construction of the new building began in May 2014. All work, including paving, will be completed in December 2017, project leaders said.
It supposed to look like this:
Designs and colors of Building in all of Nunavut and often cool and colorful. This is no exception.
I've found and taken a few pictures along the way showing the progress.
Mid 2015 I believe
July 2 2015
On Sept 5 2015 the roof Caught on fire
Reported:
The fire
at Iqaluit’s new airport terminal, still under construction, which sent large
plumes of black smoke billowing into the evening sky Sept. 5, caused about
$1-million in damages to the building’s roof, Iqaluit’s fire chief told Nunatsiaq
News Sept. 8.
“This is
a major building fire, fire loss is extensive here,” chief Luc Grandmaison
said.
“We’re
projecting a fire loss of $1 million.”
http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674iqaluit_airport_fire_cost_1_million_fire_chief_says/
November 20th 2015. Roof seems to be better
Aug 2016
They paved the road coming off Federal road to get to the airport
They're still working on the roof
The South / East side
The North/West side
As seen from the plateau
They have also paved the other side that comes out by the Baffin Correctional Center.
