Fort Liard Airport

Fort Liard Airport
Fort Liard Airport
	Final runway 03 Fort Liard
	Fort Liard Terminal building
	IATA: YJF; ICAO: CYJF; WMO: 71497;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of the Northwest Territories
Location	Fort Liard, Northwest Territories
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	708 ft / 216 m
Coordinates	60°14′08″N123°28′12″W / 60.23556°N 123.47000°W Coordinates: 60°14′08″N123°28′12″W / 60.23556°N 123.47000°W
Map
	CYJF Location in the Northwest Territories
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements	921
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [1] ; Environment Canada [2] ; Movements from Statistics Canada. [3]

Last updated April 02, 2019

Fort Liard Airport( IATA : YJF, ICAO : CYJF) is located adjacent to Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, Canada. North Cariboo Air offers charter services from the airport.^[4]

An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.

The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.

Fort Liard is a hamlet in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located 37 km (23 mi) north of the British Columbia border. It became accessible by road in 1984 with the completion of the Liard Highway.

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References

↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 19 July 2018 to 0901Z 13 September 2018.
↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
↑ North Cariboo Air

External links

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

METAR is a format for reporting weather information. A METAR weather report is predominantly used by pilots in fulfillment of a part of a pre-flight weather briefing, and by meteorologists, who use aggregated METAR information to assist in weather forecasting.

Nav Canada is a privately run, not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system (ANS). It was established in accordance with the Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act.

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[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 19 July 2018 to 0901Z 13 September 2018.

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

[move-3] Total aircraft movements by class of operation

[4] North Cariboo Air

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