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Airport in Ekati Diamond Mine

Ekati Airport

Ekati Airport at left centre, with the four pits of the mine, August 2010

Summary

Airport type

Private

Operator

Location

• Summer (DST)

Elevation AMSL

1,536 ft / 468 m

Map

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Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
02/20	6,411	1,954	Gravel

Ekati Airport (IATA: YOA, ICAO: CYOA) is located at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada and is operated by Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency. It is a busy aerodrome with blasting in the area and barren-ground caribou may be found on the runway.

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
"EKATI Diamond Mine 2009 Year in Review" (PDF). BHP Billiton Canada Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Ekati Airport from Nav Canada as available.

Assets

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Mines	Area C Cerrejón (33%) Escondida (58%) Goonyella Riverside Jimblebar Leinster Mount Keith Mount Arthur Mount Whaleback (85%) Olympic Dam Orebodies 18, 23 & 25 (85%) Peak Downs Resolution (50%) Saraji Yandi (85%) Yarrie (85%)
Other	Atlantis PQ (44%) Douglas Complex Goldsworthy railway Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter Kambalda Nickel Concentrator Kwinana Nickel Refinery Mad Dog oil field (24%) Moranbah Airport Mount Newman railway North West Shelf Venture (17% LNG phase, 8% domestic gas phase) VF2388

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