Fort Simpson Airport

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.

Fort Simpson Airport
Summary
OperatorGovernment of the Northwest Territories
LocationFort Simpson, Northwest Territories
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL556 ft / 169 m
Coordinates61°45′37″N 121°14′12″W
Map
CYS
Location in the Northwest Territories
CYS
CYS (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements2,373
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Tindi Yellowknife [4]
Canadian North 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
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 30 January 2020 to 0901Z 26 March 2020.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. "Air Tindi Flight Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  5. Full network schedule
  6. "C-FROD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.



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