Fort Nelson Airport

Northern Rockies Regional Airport
Fort Nelson Airport

Fort Nelson Airport, BC
IATA: YYE – ICAO: CYYE
– WMO: 71945
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Northern Rockies Regional Municipality
Location Fort Nelson, British Columbia
Time zone MST (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL 1,253 ft / 382 m
Coordinates 58°50′11″N 122°35′49″W / 58.83639°N 122.59694°W / 58.83639; -122.59694Coordinates: 58°50′11″N 122°35′49″W / 58.83639°N 122.59694°W / 58.83639; -122.59694
Website http://www.flynorthernrockies.ca/
Map
CYYE

Location in British Columbia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 6,402 1,951 Asphalt
08/26 4,087 1,246 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 21,371

Northern Rockies Regional Airport (Fort Nelson Airport), (IATA: YYE, ICAO: CYYE), is located 3.8 nautical miles (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) east northeast of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Central Mountain Air Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Prince George, Vancouver
Flair Airlines Charter: Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria, Comox

Historical airline service

Commencing during the early 1940s, scheduled passenger service was operated in the past by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines International to Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Prince George, British Columbia; Fort St. John, British Columbia and Watson Lake, Yukon. CP Air served the airport with Boeing 737-200 jetliners during the 1970s with direct, no change of plane flights to all of the above destinations.[4][5] Other Canadian Pacific flights into the airport over the years were operated with such twin engine prop aircraft as the Lockheed Lodestar, the Douglas DC-3 and the Convair 240 as well as with the larger, four engine Douglas DC-6B propliner and the Bristol Britannia turboprop.[6]

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
  2. ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ↑ Total Aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. ↑ http://www.timetableimages.com, July 15, 1970 CP Air system timetable
  5. ↑ North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Feb. 1, 1976 edition, Fort Nelson flight schedules
  6. ↑ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1943; Nov. 1, 1953; April 29, 1962 & April 24, 1966 Canadian Pacifio Air Lines system timetables

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