Déline Airport

Coordinates: 65°12′40″N 123°26′11″W / 65.21111°N 123.43639°W

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Déline Airport

IATA: YWJ
ICAO: CYWJ
WMO: 71503

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Government of the Northwest Territories

Location

Deline, Northwest Territories

Time zone

MST (UTC−07:00)

• Summer (DST)

MDT (UTC−06:00)

Elevation AMSL

703 ft / 214 m

Coordinates

65°12′40″N 123°26′11″W / 65.21111°N 123.43639°W

Map

CYWJ

Location in the Northwest Territories

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
08/26	3,934	1,199	Gravel

Statistics (2010)

Aircraft movements	1,966

Sources: Canada Flight Supplement^[1]
Environment Canada^[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada.^[3]

Déline Airport (IATA: YWJ, ICAO: CYWJ) is located 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) northwest of Deline, Northwest Territories, Canada. Caribou may be found on the runway. The airport was previously known as Fort Franklin Airport.

The passenger and cargo shelter was put to tender by the federal government in 1979,^[4] as was construction of the runway.^[5]

The airport played a role in the first episode of Arctic Air.

Airlines and destinations

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Airlines	Destinations
North-Wright Airways	Norman Wells, Tulita, Yellowknife

Cargo

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Airlines	Destinations
Buffalo Airways	Yellowknife

References

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^ 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
^ "Invitation to Tender" (Newspapers.com). Edmonton Journal. Edmonton AB. 16 May 1979. p. E18.
^ "Invitation to Tender" (Newspapers.com). Edmonton Journal. Edmonton AB. 18 May 1979. p. H6.

External links

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Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Deline Airport from Nav Canada as available.

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