Fort Simpson Airport
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Fort Simpson Airport | |||||||||||
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IATA: YFS – ICAO: CYFS – WMO: 71946 |
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Summary | |||||||||||
Operator | Government of the Northwest Territories | ||||||||||
Location | Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories | ||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 556 ft / 169 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
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Location in the Northwest Territories | |||||||||||
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Fort Simpson Airport (IATA: YFS, ICAO: CYFS) is located 7.4 nautical miles (13.7 km; 8.5 mi) east southeast of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Tindi | Yellowknife [4] |
First Air | Yellowknife [5] |
Accidents and incidents
- On 26 June 1994, Douglas C-47A C-FROD of Buffalo Airways crashed on approach due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Trout Lake Airport.[6] There were two crews on board at that time. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was written off.
See also
References
- ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
- ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
- ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
- ↑ Air Tindi Flight Schedule
- ↑ First Air interactive weather/route map
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Fort Simpson Airport from Nav Canada as available.
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