Déline Airport

Déline Airport
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
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	1,966
	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,^[4] as was construction of the runway.^[5]

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

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Buffalo Airways	Yellowknife

^ 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.

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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