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| Airport Name | Yellowknife | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport Category |
Certified Airport |
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| Nearest Community | City of Yellowknife | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Province: | NORTHWEST TERRITORIES | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Listed in Canada Flight Supplement | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport ident. | CYZF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appears on a VFR Navigation Chart | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport Elevation | 675 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Magnetic Variation | 22E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Surface | all runways are asphalt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Night Flying | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maintained Year Round | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio Communications | ATIS 128.4; Tower 118.5; Ground 121.9; Radio 122.5, 126.7; PAL from Edmonton Centre 135.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone on the Airport | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Customs Airport Entry | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CANPASS | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fees on Private Aircraft |
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| Comments About Fees: | Only known transient parking at north-west end of airport on taxiway K on the gravel beside the taxiway. Limited spaces available and no tie-down weights usually available, but no fees to park your plane. The gate next to Adlair Aviation is usually accessible during the day but locked after hours with no combination entry available. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Fuel Prices | 2011-07-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fuel Price Comments | Fuel price is at the Esso.
Diamond / Adlair (Shell) FBO. They have a nice lounge and facilities. Other fuel dealer is Esso. Ramp fee at Adlair/Shell charged regardless of fuel purchase ($25 overnight) |
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| Fuel/Dealers *(include Telephone Numbers) |
100LL, and Jet-A available
True North Petroleum 122.9 867-873-2840 Esso Aviation 766-4000 (Office) or 920-7327 (Driver) No call-out fee for Esso M-F 0600-2100 or Sat-Sun 0600-2000. Expect to wait a while during peak scheduled flight times (0900-1200 and 1400-1700). Diamond Aviation Shell 128.95 867-669-2180 and 867-445-9293. No callout fees from 06:00 to 18:00. |
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| Airport Management | Govt of the NWT Tel: 867-873-4680 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport Web Site | http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/airports/airportProfile.aspx?AirportCode=YZF | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hotels/Motels with pick up at Airport *(include Telephone Numbers) |
http://www.yellowknifehotels.worldweb.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bed & Breakfasts with pick up at Airport *(include Telephone Numbers) |
http://www.bedandbreakfastyellowknife.ca/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Restaurants on the airport or nearby *(include Telephone Numbers) |
In the terminal: Airport Restaurant
Yellowknife tel: (867) 873-5203. Very brief review of it at http://www.sleepinginairports.com/canada/yellowknife.htm Fairly extensive list of restaurants at http://www.nwt2000.com/rest.html |
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| Camping Airport grounds: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Washrooms | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nearest COPA Flight | YELLOWKNIFE, Flight 108, Jesse Jasper, 2 Vaydik Court, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 3H7 jjasper@theedge.ca or jesse.jasper@ec.gc.ca. Tel: 867-873-2469 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Remarks | Float Aircraft - It is very difficult to get fuel on the water. Make sure prior arrangements have been made before arrival to any Yellowknife lake.
Migratory birds in the area April-October Expect frost heaves on runway 09-27 laterally across the runway 1200 feet from the threshold of runway 09 and in the middle of taxiway "A". Fred Henne Campground located north-east end of airport. General location map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=N+62+27+46+W+114+26+25&ll=62.593341,-114.433594&spn=8.965384,43.59375 Google satellite photo: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=N+62+27+46+W+114+26+25&ll=62.463233,-114.440289&spn=0.035078,0.170288&t=k |
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| Local Tourism Contacts & Telephone Numbers | http://www.yellowknife.worldweb.com/
City's Official website http://www.yellowknife.ca/ |
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| Local Activities, Sights & Events of Interest to Visitors | Hunting, fishing, flying floats!
Fred Henne Campground located across the highway from the airport. Open summer only. Wikipedia has a page about this community at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife%2C_Northwest_Territories and a page about the airport at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife_Airport |
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| Date Submitted On: | 2011-10-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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