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(Redirected from Deline Airport) Airport in the Northwest Territories, Canada
Déline Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of the Northwest Territories
LocationDeline, Northwest Territories
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL703 ft / 214 m
Coordinates65°12′40″N 123°26′11″W / 65.21111°N 123.43639°W / 65.21111; -123.43639
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 3,934 1,199 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements1,966
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Environment Canada
Movements from Statistics Canada.

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, as was construction of the runway.

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

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
North-Wright Airways Norman Wells, Tulita, Yellowknife

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Buffalo Airways Yellowknife

See also

References

  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. "Invitation to Tender" (Newspapers.com). Edmonton Journal. Edmonton AB. 16 May 1979. p. E18.
  5. "Invitation to Tender" (Newspapers.com). Edmonton Journal. Edmonton AB. 18 May 1979. p. H6.

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