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Yellowknife Airport

62.46280°N
-114.44000°W
ARR / DAY
47
▼ 24.1%
DEP / DAY
53
▼ 21.6%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

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 47 arrivals and 53 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 20 carriers across 9 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 277 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
11

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
4 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYZF 050200Z 31004KT 15SM BKN180 BKN210 11/M01 A3010 RMK AC5CC2 SLP205

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

37 total
TOP 9 329
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 20% China Flying Dragon Aviation 17% AIR Tindi 13% Summit AIR 13% AIR North Charter 9% Jazz Aviation 9% CGJ 6% Execujet Europe A/S 6% Nolinor Aviation 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YEG 55
YVR 23
YYC 19
CEN9 9
CEP9 8
YYZ 7

Carriers

See all + destinations → 37
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North
66
China Flying Dragon Aviation
56
AIR Tindi
44
Summit AIR
44
AIR North Charter
30
Jazz Aviation
28
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CGJ
21
Execujet Europe A/S
20
Nolinor Aviation
20
Congressional AIR
19
AIR Changan
16
CFW
15
Westjet Encore
14
CFO
14
Lynden AIR Cargo
13
Westjet Airlines
10
JET Freighters
9
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Tampa
8
GHU
7
CGS
7
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
7
Buffalo Airways
6
Condor Flugdienst
5
Kenn Borek AIR
4
CFJ
3
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
3
Canadian Armed Forces
3
Northern AIR Charter (P.R.)
3
CFQ
2
CFA AIR Charters (Pty)
2
NAV Canada
2
AIR Canada Rouge
2
CFP
2
CAL Gulf Aviation
2
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
1
Taxis Aereos del Valle de Toluca
1
Comercializacion Industrial Global
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from CYZF · last 7d

7 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 277 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 → 48 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YZFYVR
Vancouver, CA
 Jazz Aviation 18 2h 13m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 12 1h 26m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Encore 10 1h 53m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Tindi 10 3h 8m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 10 2h 2m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Jazz Aviation 8 1h 27m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Nolinor Aviation 7 2h 10m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Summit AIR 6 1h 52m
YZFCEP9
 Execujet Europe A/S 5 0h 15m
YZFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR North Charter 5 4h 6m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Encore 4 2h 36m
YZFYVR
Vancouver, CA
 AIR North Charter 4 2h 14m
YZFCEP9
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 3 0h 15m
YZFCEN9
 AIR Changan 3 2h 47m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Summit AIR 3 2h 34m
YZFCEN9
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 2 1h 1m
YZFCEN9
 CFW 2 0h 8m
YZFYOW
Ottawa, CA
 Buffalo Airways 2 4h 15m
YZFYOW
Ottawa, CA
 AIR North Charter 2 4h 4m
YZFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 2 4h 11m

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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