CYFS · YFS

Fort Simpson Airport

Fort Simpson Airport (CYFS / YFS) is an airfield with scheduled airline service serving Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. The field lies at 555 ft (169 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 6,000 ft (1,829 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Fort Simpson Island Airport (CET4), 7 nm NNW.

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Location

Elevation
555 ft (169 m)
Coordinates
61.7602, -121.2370
Serving
Fort Simpson
Region
Northwest Territories
Time zone
America/Yellowknife

Runways1 · longest 6,000 ft

Surveyed positions · north up

Drawn from published thresholds — true bearings, separations and lengths. Widths are exaggerated; at true proportion a runway is a hairline. Not a chart to navigate by.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
14/326,000 ft1,829 m150 ftAsphaltLit

Nearby airfields

Nearest paved 3,000 ft
YYEFort Nelson Airport · 180 nm SSW
Airfields within 25 nm
2

Field data: OurAirports, public domain. Positions: ADS-B, which does not carry every aircraft.