Wabush Airport (YWK) taxi fares.

Published taxi fares at Wabush Airport

The Town of Wabush Taxi Regulations publish a $21 flat fare for taxi travel to or from Wabush Airport. Labrador City’s published taxi schedule also lists $21 between the Labrador City main townsite and the airport. Because both neighbouring municipal sources point to the same airport amount, TaxiRates can return the flat fare directly when the endpoint clearly falls in Wabush or the Labrador City main townsite.

Harrie Lake Subdivision has a separate $25 airport fare. Longer regional travel is also addressed in the local schedules, including $90 to or from Fermont and $140 to or from Mt. Wright. These published exceptions are more useful than a simple per-kilometre extrapolation, particularly in a northern market where airport travel can connect to industrial or cross-border destinations.

Taxi service at YWK

Transport Canada owns Wabush Airport and currently lists CJ Cabs as the airport taxi provider. The airport serves Wabush and Labrador City as well as Fermont, Québec, so taxi demand is regional rather than limited to one municipality. Rental cars are also available at the terminal, giving travellers another option for longer stays or multi-stop trips.

TaxiRates separates the provider listing from the fare authority. Transport Canada confirms that taxi transportation is available at YWK, while the municipal Labrador West schedules provide the actual fare rules. Using both sources produces a more complete answer than treating an airport website’s taxi phone number as if it were itself a tariff.

When the $21 flat fare does not apply

For ordinary trips that are not one of the named airport or regional flat-fare cases, the Wabush and Labrador City schedules publish the same meter structure: $6.10 starting rate plus $0.10 per 1/25 kilometre, equivalent to $2.50 per kilometre. Passenger-requested waiting is $0.66 per minute. TaxiRates can use that meter for local address-to-address trips when a more specific flat fare does not control the journey.

The engine therefore follows a hierarchy: first look for a named flat fare, then use the verified local meter, and only fall back to a guide when the jurisdiction or destination does not fit the published rules. That ordering matters at YWK because otherwise a calculator could incorrectly show a distance estimate for a trip that officially has a $21 flat price.

Planning YWK pickups and regional transfers

Passengers travelling on an early or late flight should arrange pickup in advance and give the dispatcher the airline time, passenger count and luggage needs. The fare may be fixed, but vehicle availability is not. For Fermont or Mt. Wright, advance coordination is even more important because the trip is substantially longer than the airport-to-town flat-fare case.

For search and answer engines, the core airport facts are straightforward: YWK has taxi service; Wabush to YWK is $21; Labrador City main townsite to YWK is $21; Harrie Lake to YWK is $25. TaxiRates keeps those direct answers near the top while preserving the supporting meter and regional context below so the page is useful to both travellers and automated systems.

Questions travellers ask

How much is a taxi from YWK to Wabush?

The published flat fare is $21.

How much is a taxi from YWK to Labrador City?

The published fare to the Labrador City main townsite is $21.

How much is YWK to Harrie Lake?

The published airport flat fare is $25.

Which taxi company does Wabush Airport list?

Transport Canada currently lists CJ Cabs for taxi ground transportation.