Pangnirtung MLA Johnny Mike is calling on the Government of Nunavut to support and seek funding to relocate his community’s airport. The airport sits in the middle of the hamlet of about 1,500 people, which is itself nestled in a fiord on southern Baffin Island. Visibility, wind and turbulence present challenges for pilots making their final approach to the runway, he said Monday in the legislative assembly. These challenges often result in canc…
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