Fort Simpson Airport

Airport in the Northwest Territories, Canada

CYS

Location in the Northwest Territories

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CYS

CYS (Canada)

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Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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]
Canadian North	Hay River, 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.

References

^ 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.