Norman Wells Airport

Norman Wells Airport (IATA: YVQ, ICAO: CYVQ) is located adjacent to Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada. North-Wright Airways has its hangar and office adjacent to the airport.

Norman Wells Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of the Northwest Territories
LocationNorman Wells, Northwest Territories
Hub forNorth-Wright Airways
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL237 ft / 72 m
Coordinates65°16′53″N 126°47′55″W
Map
CYVQ
Location in the Northwest Territories
CYVQ
CYVQ (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,998 1,828 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements13,885
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Canadian North Edmonton International, Inuvik (Mike Zubko), Yellowknife[4]
Discovery Air Calgary[5]
North-Wright Airways Deline, Fort Good Hope, Inuvik, Tulita, Yellowknife, Colville Lake[6]

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Buffalo Airways Yellowknife

Accidents and incidents

On 5 January 1972, Douglas C-47B CF-KAH of Mackenzie Air was damaged beyond economic repair at Norman Wells Airport.[7]

See also

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 30 January 2020 to 0901Z 26 March 2020.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. Full network schedule
  5. "New direct flight to Sahtu caters to oil execs". CBC. 2013-11-07.
  6. "North-Wright Airways flight schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  7. "CF-KAH Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2010.



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