Yellowknife Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Yellowknife Airport

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IATA = YZF
ICAO = CYZF
type = Public
owner-oper = Government of the Northwest Territories [http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/Airports/Status/menu.htm Airport Divestiture Status Report] ]
city-served =
location = Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
elevation-f = 675
elevation-m = 206
coordinates = coord|62|27|46|N|114|26|25|W|type:airport|display=inline
website = [http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/YZF_Profile.aspx Airport Profile]
r1-number = 15/33
r1-length-f = 7,500
r1-length-m = 2,286
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 09/27
r2-length-f = 5,000
r2-length-m = 1,524
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft Movements
stat1-data = 70,699
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] ]

Yellowknife Airport Airport codes|YZF|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, and is also used as a forward operating base for the CF-188 Hornet. 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.

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, Vancouver [seasonal] , Gjoa Haven, Hay River, Inuvik, Kugaaruk, Kugluktuk, Norman Wells, Rankin Inlet, Taloyoak) [ [http://www.canadiannorth.com/pdfs/flight_schedule_JULY22-2008.pdf Canadian North flight schedule] ]
*First Air (Cambridge Bay, Edmonton, Fort Simpson, Gjoa Haven, Hay River, Inuvik, Iqaluit, Kugaaruk, Kugluktuk, Rankin Inlet, Talaoyak, Ulukhaktok, Whitehorse) [ [http://www.firstair.ca/weather/index.html First Air interactive weather/route map] ]
*Northwestern Air (Fort Smith)
*North-Wright Airways (Deline)

ee also

Yellowknife Water Aerodrome

References

External links

* [http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/YZF_Profile.aspx Main Web Page]
* [http://www.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=8&ap_id=198 Entry about Yellowknife Airport on the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association's "Places to Fly" Airport Directory]