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Yellowknife Airport

62.46280°N
-114.44000°W
ARR / DAY
46
▼ 29.6%
DEP / DAY
53
▼ 24.4%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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Yellowknife Airport (CYZF/YZF) is a medium international 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 46 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
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
10

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
12 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYZF 032300Z 32012G18KT 15SM BKN023 OVC240 18/13 A2981 RMK SC7CI1 SLP104 DENSITY ALT 1400FT

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

38 total
TOP 9 329
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 22% China Flying Dragon Aviation 16% Summit AIR 14% AIR Tindi 13% AIR North Charter 9% Jazz Aviation 9% Nolinor Aviation 6% Execujet Europe A/S 6% Congressional AIR 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YEG 58
YVR 22
YYC 22
YYZ 9
CEP9 7
CEN9 7

Carriers

See all + destinations → 38
Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North
73
China Flying Dragon Aviation
52
Summit AIR
45
AIR Tindi
43
AIR North Charter
31
Jazz Aviation
29
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Nolinor Aviation
20
Execujet Europe A/S
19
Congressional AIR
17
CGJ
17
CFW
15
AIR Changan
14
Westjet Encore
14
Lynden AIR Cargo
13
Westjet Airlines
12
CFO
9
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Tampa
8
CGS
7
JET Freighters
7
Buffalo Airways
6
Kenn Borek AIR
6
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
6
CFJ
6
GHU
5
Condor Flugdienst
5
AIR Canada Rouge
4
Canadian Armed Forces
3
CFP
3
Northern AIR Charter (P.R.)
3
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
2
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
2
Aero Clube DO Algarve
2
CFQ
2
CFA AIR Charters (Pty)
2
Comercializacion Industrial Global
1
Taxis Aereos del Valle de Toluca
1
Netjets Aviation
1
NAV Canada
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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YZFYVR
Vancouver, CA
 Jazz Aviation 17 2h 11m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Bradley AIR Services Limited D/B/A Canadian North 13 1h 27m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 12 2h 3m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Jazz Aviation 10 1h 26m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Tindi 10 3h 20m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Encore 9 1h 54m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Nolinor Aviation 7 1h 52m
YZFCEP9
 Execujet Europe A/S 5 0h 15m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Encore 5 2h 34m
YZFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Summit AIR 5 1h 58m
YZFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR North Charter 5 4h 11m
YZFYVR
Vancouver, CA
 AIR North Charter 4 2h 14m
YZFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 4 4h 13m
YZFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Summit AIR 3 2h 34m
YZFCEN9
 CFW 2 0h 8m
YZFCEN9
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 2 1h 1m
YZFCEP9
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 2 0h 15m
YZFYOW
Ottawa, CA
 Buffalo Airways 2 4h 15m
YZFYOW
Ottawa, CA
 AIR North Charter 2 4h 4m
YZFYXE
Saskatoon, CA
 CGS 2 2h 23m

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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