Fort Simpson Airport

Fort Simpson Airport
IATA: YFS – ICAO: CYFS – WMO: 71946
Summary
Operator	Government of the Northwest Territories
Location	Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	556 ft / 169 m
Coordinates	61°45′37″N 121°14′12″W / 61.76028°N 121.23667°WCoordinates: 61°45′37″N 121°14′12″W / 61.76028°N 121.23667°W
Map
CYS Location in the Northwest Territories
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 2,373
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Fort Simpson Airport (IATA: YFS, ICAO: CYFS) is located 7.4 nautical miles (13.7 km; 8.5 mi) east southeast of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Tindi	Yellowknife [4]
First Air	Yellowknife [5]

Accidents and incidents

• On 26 June 1994, Douglas C-47A C-FROD of Buffalo Airways crashed on approach due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Trout Lake Airport.^[6] There were two crews on board at that time. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was written off.

See also

• Fort Simpson Island Airport
• Fort Simpson Island Water Aerodrome

References

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
4. Air Tindi Flight Schedule
5. First Air interactive weather/route map
6. "C-FROD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

External links

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Fort Simpson Airport from Nav Canada as available.