Leg 5: Kuujjuaq, Canada to Iqaluit, Canada
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We get a taste of the strong and dangerous North Atlantic and Arctic Weather to come on the next few legs. Things started well enough departing Kuujjuaq, but the last hundred miles or so to isolated Iqaluit way up in the NorthWest Territories, things went downhill fast. 375 nm, 2h 45m.
Departing Kuujjuaq and the climbout to cruise - the cloudbase is around 8,000 again:
We’re following the coastline of Quebec Province - to starboard is the Hudson Strait and Nunavut Territory:
We’re dodging weather cells, but as we close to destination, we’re completely socked in:
Visibility starts to clear as we descend, but we don’t get a good visual on terrain until about 1200’ feet:
Set up for an RNAV approach into RWY16 - at about 200’ above minimums we catch sight of the runway threshold lights:
Slick runway and the marshallers are soaked waiting for me to navigate the unfamiliar taxiway layout, but log another safe arrival:
