Smithers Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Smithers Airport
IATA = YYD
ICAO = CYYD
type = Public
owner =
operator = Town of Smithers
city-served =
location = Smithers, British Columbia
elevation-f = 1,712
elevation-m = 522
coordinates = coord|54|49|29|N|127|10|58|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 15/33
r1-length-f = 5,000
r1-length-m = 1,524
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft Movements
stat1-data = 10,425
footnotes = Sources: Canada Flight SupplementCFS]
Statistics from Transport Canada. [http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/EN/Report/TP577/pdf/TP577_07.pdf Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007] ]

Smithers Airport, Airport codes|YYD|CYYD, is located convert|2|NM|abbr=on|lk=in north of Smithers, British Columbia, Canada.

Runways

Currently the runway is 5,000ft (1,524 m), but plans are underway to expand it to 7,500ft (2,286 m) so that the airport can land larger aircraft. The extension is scheduled to be completed by fall 2008. Once the expansion of the ski areas is complete, there would then be a need for a runway capable of landing Regional aircraft as large as the Boeing 737. Even though Smithers was previously served with older generation Boeing 737 aircraft in the 80s and early 90s, the newer variants of these aircraft require longer runways.

Airlines

*Air Canada Jazz (Vancouver)
*Hawkair (Vancouver - South Terminal)
*Central Mountain Air (Terrace, Prince George)
*Northern Thunderbird Air (Dease Lake)

ee also

*Smithers/Tyhee Lake Water Aerodrome

References

External links

* [http://www.smithersairport.com Smithers Airport]