Fort Simpson Airport

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°W
Map
	CYS Location in the Northwest Territories CYS CYS (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	2,373
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada.

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]
Canadian North	Hay River, Yellowknife^[5]

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.

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
^ "Air Tindi Flight Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
^ Full network schedule
^ "C-FROD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

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

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