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. On 6 May 2023,
Canadian North operated its last flight into Cambridge Bay Airport with a
Boeing 737-200 jet, a
combi aircraft equipped
for gravel runway operations, as this specific jetliner type was then retired from its fleet with the airline continuing to serve the airport, as of 2023, with
ATR 42 turboprop aircraft. == Airlines and destinations ==