Iqaluit is not now, and very likely never will be connected to the Canadian or any other highyway system. We are accessible by aircraft and, subject to ice conditions in the summer months, by boat. The Iqaluit Airport is a fully modern facility whose original WWII-era runway is more than long enough for most classes of modern jet. Although there is a persistent rumour that Iqaluit is an emergency landing site for the Space Shuttle, this is not true.

There are two primary airlines, First Air and Canadian North that fly to Iqaluit regularly, as well as smaller schedule and charter flights. Flights to/from Edmonton and Yellowknife, through Rankin Inlet, are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with fliogts to Ottawa daily.

In the middle of summer, a few ships - generally no larger than a Liberty class vessel - transport bulk and heavy goods to the city. Iqaluit does not have a deep water harbour, so goods may be barged ashore, or the ship may be beached at high tide and the goods unloaded when the tide goes out.

It is in principle possible to reach Iqaluit on foot or by dog sled or snowmobile, both from other parts of Baffin Island and from the Quebec mainland when Hudson strait freezes. This was how the Inuit traditionally travelled, and how they still do sometimes, but it is ill-advised for anyone who is not experienced in arctic travel.

Iqaluit has a local road system encompassing the nearby community of Apex and the Sylvia Grenell Territorial Park Reserve a kilometre away. Many people in Iqaluit own their own car or truck, and they share these road with snowmobiles and ATV's. There is currently no bus system, and many people regularly use taxi-cabs, which are hired for $5 per person, per stop. So, if two people take a ride from their airport, that is $10; and if one jumps out to drop something off on the way and gets back in, that's $15. Also, don't be surprized if others get in the cab with with as they are shared more often than not.

Snowmobiles and, to a lesser extent, dog sleds are still extensively used to travel in the surrounding area. In winter, the nearby Qaummaarviit Territorial Historic Park and the more remote Katannilik Territorial Park are only accessible by such forms of transportation. In the summer, both are accessible by boat.