Whitehorse International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Whitehorse International Airport

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IATA = YXY
ICAO = CYXY
type = Public
owner-oper = Government of Yukon [http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/Airports/Status/menu.htm Airport Divestiture Status Report] ]
city-served =
location = Whitehorse, Yukon
elevation-f = 2,317
elevation-m = 706
coordinates = coord|60|42|34|N|135|04|08|W|type:airport
website = [http://www.gov.yk.ca/yxy/ www.gov.yk.ca/yxy]
r1-number = 01/19
r1-length-f = 2,075
r1-length-m = 632
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 13R/31L
r2-length-f = 9,497
r2-length-m = 2,895
r2-surface = Asphalt
r3-number = 13L/31R
r3-length-f = 4,000
r3-length-m = 1,219
r3-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft Movements
stat1-data = 27,692
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] ]

Whitehorse International Airport airport codes|YXY|CYXY is located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the government of the Yukon territory.

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 aircraft with no more than 50 passengers; however, they can handle up to 225 if the aircraft is unloaded in stages. [ [http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/contact/listing/offices/office511-e.html CBSA Office - Detailed Information] ]

The airport has one fixed base operator for fuel, limited aircraft maintenance facilities. The control tower operates from 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. local time, and the Whitehorse Flight Service Station provides Airport Advisory Service during the remaining hours. ARFF services are also provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

In addition to scheduled commercial service, numerous small charter operators and bush pilots use the airport and it serves as a major base for water bombers used in forest firefighting operations. The airport also controls Whitehorse Water Aerodrome, a float plane base on Schwatka Lake.

Whitehorse is also a major stopover point for private flyers who make the trip to and from Alaska.

During the September 11, 2001 attacks, two aircraft approaching the United States from Asia were diverted to Whitehorse as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon; Korean Air Boeing 747s, one of which was feared hijacked but this was not the case — the plane was low on fuel. Many of the buildings in the downtown area below the airport were evacuated. Those who witnessed the plane's landing saw the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) order the crew out at gunpoint.

The airport's parking lot is graced by an old Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-3 on a pedestal that serves as a wind vane. That particular craft first served for the United States Army Air Force in southeast Asia during World War II, before being sold after the war for commercial airline service.

Airlines and destinations

* Air Canada
** Air Canada Jazz (Vancouver)
* Air North (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Dawson City, Inuvik, Old Crow, Fairbanks)
* Condor Airlines (Frankfurt) [seasonal]
*First Air (Fort Simpson, Yellowknife) [ [http://www.firstair.ca/weather/index.html First Air interactive weather/route map] ]

ee also

*Whitehorse/Cousins Airport

References

External links

* [http://www.gov.yk.ca/yxy/ Government of Yukon - Whitehorse International Airport]
* [http://www.youryukon.com/gallery/v/Yukon+Territory/Whitehorse/Attractions/CF-CPY_Wind_Vane.html CF-CPY Wind Vane]
* [http://www.yukoninfo.com/whitehorseairport.php Whitehorse Airport Arrivals & Departures]
* [http://www.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=12&ap_id=421 Page about this airport] on COPA's "Places to Fly" airport directory