Fort Simpson Airport
{{Short description|Airport in the Northwest Territories, Canada}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Fort Simpson Airport
| IATA = YFS
| ICAO = CYFS
| WMO = 71946
| owner =
| operator = Government of the Northwest Territories
| city-served =
| location = Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories
| timezone = MST
| utc = UTC−07:00
| summer = MDT
| utcs = UTC−06:00
| elevation-f = 556
| coordinates = {{coord|61|45|37|N|121|14|12|W|region:CA-NT|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Canada Northwest Territories#Canada
| pushpin_label = CYS
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Northwest Territories
| website =
| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-f = 6,000
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2010
| stat1-header = Aircraft movements
| stat1-data = 2,373
| footnotes = Sources: Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}
Environment Canada[http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/prods_servs/metstat1_e.html Synoptic/Metstat Station Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201114641/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/prods_servs/metstat1_e.html |date=December 1, 2011 }}
Movements from Statistics Canada.[http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/51-210-x/2011001/t001-eng.htm Total aircraft movements by class of operation]
}}
Fort Simpson Airport {{Airport codes|YFS|CYFS}} is located {{convert|7.4|NM|lk=in}} east southeast of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Airlines and destinations
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|Air Tindi | Yellowknife{{Cite web |url=http://www.airtindi.com/flightschedule.pdf |title=Air Tindi Flight Schedule |access-date=2013-05-18 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130518202923/http://www.airtindi.com/flightschedule.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
|Canadian North | Hay River, Yellowknife[https://canadiannorth.com/plan_your_trip/flight-schedule/?type=full&full_date=2021-06-01#skedsearchform Full network schedule]
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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.{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940626-1 |title=C-FROD Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=25 June 2010}} There were two crews on board at that time. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was written off.
See also
References
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External links
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{{List of airports in Canada}}
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