Transport Canada is the Canadian government department which regulates aviation in Canada.  NavCanada is the private corporation that runs Canada's air traffic control system. Also important if you're coming in to Canada from the US or Europe are the Canadian Border Services Agency regulations respecting customs. Below you'll find detailed links to useful areas on their sites.

Here's a collection of links for Arctic and Aviation weather information.  If you're planning a flight to Canada's eastern Arctic, be sure to consult the Nunavut/Arctic weather manual. It contains detailed information about weather patterns in and around many of the communities in this region.  Communities and airstrips are few and far between up here. Careful flight planning and weather observation are critical for a safe flight!

• NavCanada Aviation Weather
• Nunavut/Arctic weather manual
• Arctic satellite images
• Iqaluit Public Weather and Nunavut Public Weather
• Northwest Territories Public Weather
• US Aviation Weather
• Greenland Weather
• Iceland Weather
• Sunrise and Sunset information at timeanddate.com

Note the official Greenland aviation weather information is available through this service of DMI. Registration is required

NavCanada provides this document to help you understand aviation weather information available in Canada.

And if just reading the weather doesn't strike you as a lot of fun, try this video showing a Twin Otter taking off in Iqaluit on a very windy day.  Almost like a helicopter!  And check out this video showing approaches in a range of weather to many Baffin Island airports.

And for the historically inclined,  here's a site with a full text copy of the 1975 FAA Aviation Weather guide, with a chapter on Arctic Aviation Weather.

Here's a few other things you might want to think about if you're planning a trip to Nunavut in a small plane, or making the flight across to Greenland and Europe.

Though your airplane is equipped with an ELT, you might want to consider a couple of other items to increase your personal safety while on a flight north.  Remember that while Canada has an excellent Search and Rescue system, bases for Search aircraft are in southern Canada.  That means that if you go down and your ELT sends the alarm, it can still take many hours for searchers to get to your area.

Most, but not all, Nunavut communities have Jet A-1 fuel available at the aerodrome.  Check the What's New section of this site for info on the recent 100LL drum count in Iqaluit.

In Iqaluit, 100LL sold in full drums only (205 litres/45 CDN gallons/54 US gallons). Fuel is brought into