Yellowknife Airport

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Yellowknife Airport
IATA: YZF – ICAO: CYZF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		Government of the Northwest Territories[1]
Location		Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Elevation AMSL		675 ft / 206 m
Coordinates		62°27′46″N 114°26′25″W / 62.46278, -114.44028
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	7,500	2,286	Asphalt
09/27	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft Movements			70,699
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[2] Statistics from Transport Canada.[3]

Yellowknife Airport (IATA: YZF, ICAO: CYZF) is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the government of the Northwest Territories. The airport has regular scheduled passenger service. Yellowknife Airport is the busiest airport in Northern Canada.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.^[2]

Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air Canada
  • Air Canada Jazz (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver [seasonal])
• Air Tindi (Fort Simpson, Lutsel K'e, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, and Wha Ti)
• Arctic Sunwest Charters (Lutsel K'e, Charters)
• Buffalo Airways (Hay River)
• Canadian North (Calgary, Cambridge Bay, Edmonton, Gjoa Haven, Hay River, Inuvik, Iqaluit, Kugaaruk, Kugluktuk, Norman Wells, Ottawa, Rankin Inlet, Taloyoak)^[4]
• First Air (Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Edmonton, Fort Simpson, Hay River, Kugaaruk, Kugluktuk, Inuvik, Rankin Inlet, Taloyoak, Ulukhaktok)
• Northwestern Air (Fort Smith)
• North-Wright Airways (Deline)

[edit] See also

Yellowknife Water Aerodrome

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Main Web Page
• Entry about Yellowknife Airport on the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association's Places to Fly Airport Directory
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Yellowknife Airport from NAV CANADA as available.

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