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CYZF · YZF

Yellowknife Airport

62.46280°N
-114.44000°W
ARR / DAY
56
▼ 10.1%
DEP / DAY
64
▼ 6.7%
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. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 56 arrivals and 64 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 37 carriers across 12 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
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
13

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
7 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYZF 051700Z 24007KT 15SM BKN080 BKN240 12/05 A3014 RMK AC6CI1 SLP220

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 9 404
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 21% China Flying Dragon Aviation 16% Summit AIR 13% AIR Tindi 13% Execujet Europe A/S 9% AIR North Charter 9% Jazz Aviation 8% CGJ 7% Nolinor Aviation 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YEG 66
YVR 26
YYC 23
CEP9 13
CEN9 13
YYZ 8

Carriers

See all + destinations → 37
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North
83
China Flying Dragon Aviation
63
Summit AIR
51
AIR Tindi
51
Execujet Europe A/S
36
AIR North Charter
35
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Jazz Aviation
33
CGJ
28
Nolinor Aviation
24
Congressional AIR
24
Westjet Encore
18
CFW
18
AIR Changan
17
CFO
16
Lynden AIR Cargo
15
Westjet Airlines
12
JET Freighters
10
GHU
9
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Tampa
9
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
8
CGS
7
Kenn Borek AIR
6
Buffalo Airways
6
Condor Flugdienst
5
CFJ
4
Canadian Armed Forces
3
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
3
Northern AIR Charter (P.R.)
3
CFQ
2
CFA AIR Charters (Pty)
2
CAL Gulf Aviation
2
AIR Canada Rouge
2
CFP
2
NAV Canada
2
Taxis Aereos del Valle de Toluca
1
Comercializacion Industrial Global
1
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
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 → 51 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YZFYVR
Vancouver, CA
 Jazz Aviation 21 2h 13m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 16 1h 27m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Encore 12 1h 54m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 12 2h 1m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Tindi 11 3h 13m
YZFCEP9
 Execujet Europe A/S 10 0h 16m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Jazz Aviation 10 1h 27m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Nolinor Aviation 9 2h 1m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Encore 6 2h 33m
YZFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR North Charter 6 4h 9m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Summit AIR 6 1h 52m
YZFCEN9
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 5 1h 10m
YZFCA-0039
 Execujet Europe A/S 4 0h 18m
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
 CFW 2 0h 8m
YZFYXE
Saskatoon, CA
 CGS 2 2h 23m
YZFYOW
Ottawa, CA
 AIR North Charter 2 4h 4m

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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