Yellowknife Airport
Yellowknife Airport Aéroport de Yellowknife[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Government of the Northwest Territories[2] | ||||||||||||||
Location | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Adlair Aviation, Air Tindi, Buffalo Airways, Canadian North, Northwestern Air, Summit Air | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 675 ft / 206 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 62°27′47″N 114°26′25″W / 62.46306°N 114.44028°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Yellowknife Airport (IATA: YZF, ICAO: 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 a number of freight services. In 2007, the terminal handled 527,000 passengers.[6]
In 2008 the airport's passenger terminal underwent an expansion to the departure/check-in section, roughly doubling the size of the terminal.[7] The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[3]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) "G" Division maintains a hangar for its air section just south of the passenger terminal. It is adjacent to a hangar used by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to house the CC-138 Twin Otter and other utility aircraft operated by 440 Transport Squadron, a subsidiary of 8 Wing.
Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Yellowknife is located south-west of the airstrip. It was built for forwarding deployment of the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet in times of conflict.
History[edit]
Yellowknife Airport was initially built by Canadian Pacific Air Lines in 1944, then sold to the federal Department of Transport in 1946.[8] A new terminal building was built in 1963 and control tower in 1972. Renovation to these facilities were completed in 1967, 1998 and 2005-2006.[9]
During the 2023 Canadian wildfires the city of Yellowknife was evacuated, and so the airport served as a means for evacuees to leave the city.[10] Air Canada added extra flights to assist with the evacuation before temporarily suspending service to Yellowknife due to the fires.[11]
Historical airline service[edit]
Canadian Pacific Air Lines was serving Yellowknife as early as the early 1940s.[12][13][14] By 1959, Canadian Pacific was operating seven flights week a week from Yellowknife all flown with Curtiss C-46 Commando prop aircraft.[15][16][17] However, by 1960 Canadian Pacific was no longer serving Yellowknife.[18]
Pacific Western Airlines was serving Yellowknife by 1957 and continued to do so for many years into the 1980s.[19][20][21][22] Pacific Western introduced Boeing 737-200 jet service during the late 1960s and in 1969 was serving Yellowknife with 737 jet flights in addition to other services operated with Convair 640 turboprops and Douglas DC-6B propliners.[23][24] By 1972, Pacific Western was operating Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop service on a twice a week roundtrip routing of Edmonton - Yellowknife - Cambridge Bay - Resolute in addition to operating Boeing 737-200 service to Edmonton and other destinations with fifteen 737 jet departures a week from Yellowknife at this time.[25][26][27]
According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), three airlines were serving Yellowknife during the fall of 1979 including Pacific Western operating Boeing 727-100 "Combi" jetliners and Boeing 737-200 "Combi" jetliners (these Combi aircraft transported both freight and passengers on the main deck of the aircraft) as well as Boeing 737-200 jetliners flown in all passenger configuration, Transair (Canada) operating Boeing 737-200 jetliners, and Northwest Territorial Airways operating Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft.[28] The OAG lists 25 departures a week from Yellowknife operated by Pacific Western with its Boeing jetliners at this time while Transair was operating six 737 jet departures a week from the airport on a Winnipeg - Churchill, MB - Yellowknife - Whitehorse route operated roundtrip three days a week.[29][30]
Following the merger of Pacific Western and Canadian Pacific Air Lines to form Canadian Airlines in 1987, a new division of the merged air carriers, Canadian North (operating Boeing 737-200 jets including 737-200 Combi aircraft [31][32]), was serving Yellowknife in 1990.[33] Canadian Airlines, also known as Canadian Airlines International, continued to serve Yellowknife during the 1990s.[34] Canadian Airlines was then acquired by and merged into Air Canada in 2000.[35]
Northwest Territorial Airways, also known as NWT Air (which was subsequently acquired by and merged into First Air in 1997), was operating Boeing 737-200 jet service from Yellowknife in 1990 as an Air Canada Connector air carrier on behalf of Air Canada via a code sharing agreement.[36][37] [38][39]
First Air, also known as Bradley Air Services, was serving Yellowknife in 2002 with this airline subsequently forming the basis for the current version of Canadian North which serves the airport at the present time. [40][41] First Air operated a number of different aircraft types into Yellowknife over the years including Boeing 737-200 and Boeing 737-400 jets as well as such turboprop aircraft as the Hawker Siddeley HS 748, the ATR-42, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and the Lockheed L-100 Hercules cargo freighter, and also flew Boeing 727-100, Boeing 727-200 and Boeing 767-200 jets with the latter type being operated as a cargo freighter.[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]
Airlines and destinations[edit]
Passenger[edit]
Cargo[edit]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Buffalo Airways | Cambridge Bay, Déline, Edmonton, Fort Good Hope, Hay River, Kugluktuk, Norman Wells, Tulita |
Emergency services[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Canadian_North_737-200_C-GDPA_in_2023_%28Quintin_Soloviev%29.png/220px-Canadian_North_737-200_C-GDPA_in_2023_%28Quintin_Soloviev%29.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Polar_Bear_Sculpture%2C_Yellowknife_Airport.jpg/220px-Polar_Bear_Sculpture%2C_Yellowknife_Airport.jpg)
The airport has its own fire and rescue service. The department has ten firefighters, but requires only two or three firefighters on shift to operate a single crash tender. Ambulance and additional fire response are provided by the Yellowknife Fire Department.[58]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Aéroport de Yellowknife" (in French). Government of Northwest Territories. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Airport Divestiture Status Report
- ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
- ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers
- ^ Yellowknife Airport Development Plan Update Archived 2014-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Yellowknife Airport Expansion
- ^ "Yellowknife | the Canadian Encyclopedia".
- ^ "MLAs debate Yellowknife airport expansion". 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Yellowknife fires: Evacuees pack road and air routes ahead of noon deadline". BBC News. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ AIRLIVE (2023-08-18). "Evacuation continues from Yellowknife airport, Air Canada adds extra flights, as wildfires get closer to the city". AIRLIVE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/cp43/cp43-1.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/cp43/cp43-2.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/cp43/cp43-4.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/cp59/cp59-1.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/cp59/cp59-2.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/cp59/cp59-5.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/cp60/cp60-02.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pw/pw5705/pw5705-1.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pw/pw5705/pw5705-4.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pw/pw8410/pw8410a.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pw/pw8410/pw8410i.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/pw69/pw69-1.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/pw69/pw69-3.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pw/pw7205/pw7205-1.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pw/pw7205/pw7205-7.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pw/pw7205/pw7205-8.jpg
- ^ https://www.departedflights.com/YZF79intro.html
- ^ https://www.departedflights.com/YZF79p1.html
- ^ https://www.departedflights.com/OAG1179itin16.html, flight routings for Transair (TZ) flight numbers 641 & 642
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/Canadian-North/Boeing-737-242C-Adv/5390873/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/Canadian-North/Boeing-737-275C-Adv/170242/L
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/i-bc/cpn9004i.jpg
- ^ https://www.departedflights.com/CP0597northamerica.html
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/i-a/ac0006a.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/nv/nv9006/nv9006-1.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/nv/nv9006/nv9006-6.jpg
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/NWT-Air/Boeing-737-210C-Adv/171369/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/NWT-Air/Boeing-737-210C-Adv/5529789/L
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/7f/7f0204/7f0204a.jpg
- ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/7f/7f0204/7f0204i.jpg
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/Boeing-737-248C-Adv/2705783/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/Boeing-737-406/2481182/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/Hawker-Siddely-HS-748-Srs2A-215/388140/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/ATR-ATR-42-300/1412998/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/De-Havilland-Canada-DHC-6-300-Twin-Otter/284506?l
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/Lockheed-L-100-30-Hercules-L382G/241304/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/Boeing-727-90C/2216797/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/Boeing-727-233-Adv/6734819/L
- ^ https://www.airliners.net/photo/First-Air/Boeing-767-223-F/2029221?l
- ^ "AIR CANADA NW23 DOMESTIC SERVICE CHANGES – 20AUG23". Aeroroutes.com. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "AIR CANADA NW23 DOMESTIC SERVICE CHANGES – 20AUG23". Aeroroutes.com. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Announcing Service to Toronto, Ontario". Air North. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Flight Schedules". Air Tindi. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ https://canadiannorth.com/arctic-capital-express/
- ^ "Flight Schedule". Canadian North. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Spring/Summer Schedules" (PDF). North-Wright Airways. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Aircraft Fire Fighting Services
External links[edit]
Media related to Yellowknife Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Entry about Yellowknife Airport on the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association's Places to Fly Airport Directory
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Yellowknife Airport from Nav Canada as available.