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Yellowknife Airport

62.46280°N
-114.44000°W
ARR / DAY
42
▼ 21.5%
DEP / DAY
44
▼ 18.0%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
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Yellowknife Airport (CYZF/YZF) is a medium regional airport located in Yellowknife, Canada, 994 km north of Edmonton. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 42 arrivals and 44 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 18 carriers across 6 routes. The most active carrier is Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North (AKT). The busiest route is to Edmonton International Airport (CYEG). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 327 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
16

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22h ago
Temp
36°F
Wind
14 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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METAR CYZF 270600Z 36014G21KT 15SM -SHRA BKN013 OVC031 02/02 A2970 RMK SC6SC2 CVCTV CLD EMBD SLP072

Runways

2 installed

7,500 FT MAX
10/28
5,000 ft × 150
ASP● LIT
16/34
7,500 ft × 150
ASP● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

30 total
TOP 9 309
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 24% China Flying Dragon Aviation 17% Summit AIR 13% CFW 12% AIR Tindi 9% Nolinor Aviation 7% AIR North Charter 6% CFO 6% Westjet Encore 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YEG 48
YVR 20
YYC 19
CEN9 12
YYZ 6
CEP9 4

Carriers

See all + destinations → 30
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North
74
China Flying Dragon Aviation
54
Summit AIR
40
CFW
36
AIR Tindi
29
Nolinor Aviation
22
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AIR North Charter
20
CFO
17
Westjet Encore
17
AIR Canada
15
JET Freighters
13
AIR Changan
12
Westjet Airlines
11
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
10
GHU
9
ANA Wings
9
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
8
Kenn Borek AIR
7
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
6
Congressional AIR
5
Buffalo Airways
3
Comercializacion Industrial Global
3
Belavia
3
Jazz Aviation
3
Keewatin AIR
2
Aero Clube DO Algarve
2
CFQ
1
CGJ
1
Cargo AIR
1
Execujet Europe A/S
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from CYZF · last 7d

6 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 327 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 37 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 14 1h 28m
YZFYVR
Vancouver, CA
 AIR Canada 14 2h 28m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Encore 11 1h 54m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 11 2h 3m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Nolinor Aviation 7 2h 25m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Encore 6 2h 29m
YZFYVR
Vancouver, CA
 AIR North Charter 6 2h 9m
YZFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR North Charter 6 4h 9m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Tindi 6 6h 1m
YZFCEN9
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 5 0h 8m
YZFCEN9
 AIR Changan 4 2h 11m
YZFCEP9
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 3 2h 11m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Jazz Aviation 3 1h 30m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Summit AIR 3 3h 12m
YZFCEN9
 Congressional AIR 2 0h 9m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Summit AIR 2 5h 22m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Buffalo Airways 2 1h 30m
YZFYOW
Ottawa, CA
 Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 1 9h 42m
YZFCNC3
 Comercializacion Industrial Global 1 7h 57m
YZFYWG
Winnipeg, CA
 Keewatin AIR 1 10h 45m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Anonymous
11/13/2014
Fond memories
I flew to this airport weekly in 09/10. Many fond memories of the QK staff.
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