Yellowknife Airport
Yellowknife Airport is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the Government of the Northwest Territories.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airport
- Description: public airport in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Also known as: “CYZF”, “Yellowknife, Northwest Territories”, and “YZF”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Yellowknife and Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Yellowknife
Military installation
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Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Yellowknife was upgraded as part of the North American Air Defence Modernization program authorized at the Shamrock Summit held in Quebec City on March 18, 1985.
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Museum
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The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is the Government of the Northwest Territories' museum and archives. Located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the PWNHC acquires and manages objects and archival materials that represent the cultures… Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is situated 3 km east of Yellowknife Airport.
Log School House
Historic building
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The first building used as a school in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, is currently located on Franklin Avenue at the south end of New Town, the city's downtown section. Log School House is situated 3½ km east of Yellowknife Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yellowknife and Dettah.
Yellowknife
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Yellowknife is the capital city of the Northwest Territories, on the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, on Yellowknife Bay. Yellowknife is the main entry point for visitors to NWT.
Dettah
Village
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Dettah, sometimes spelled incorrectly as Detah, is a First Nations community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a 6.5 km drive from that city by ice road across the north arm of Great Slave Lake in winter or a 27 km drive via the Ingraham Trail, year-round. Dettah is situated 9 km southeast of Yellowknife Airport.
Yellowknife Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Yellowknife, North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Yellowknife Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yellowknife Airport”
- Chinese: “黃刀鎮機場”
- Chinese: “黄刀机场”
- Chinese: “黄刀镇机场”
- Dutch: “Yellowknife Airport”
- Finnish: “Yellowknifen lentoasema”
- French: “aéroport de Yellowknife”
- French: “Aéroport de Yellowknife”
- French: “Yellowknife, Territoires du Nord-Ouest”
- German: “Yellowknife Airport”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Yellowknife”
- Indonesian: “CYZF”
- Indonesian: “YZF”
- Italian: “aeroporto di Yellowknife”
- Japanese: “YZF”
- Japanese: “イエローナイフ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Yellowknife”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yellowknife lufthavn”
- Norwegian: “Yellowknife lufthavn”
- Persian: “CYZF”
- Persian: “YZF”
- Persian: “فرودگاه یلونایف”
- Piemontese: “Yellowknife Airport”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Yellowknife”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Yellowknife”
- Portuguese: “CYZF”
- Portuguese: “YZF”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Yellowknife”
- Slovak: “Letisko Yellowknife”
- Slovak: “Yellowknife Airport”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Yellowknife”
- Spanish: “CYZF”
- Spanish: “YZF”
- Swedish: “Yellowknife Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи илуноиф”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Yellowknife”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Range Lake North and Frame Lake South.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Long Lake and Range Lake.
Northwest Territories: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Yellowknife, Nahanni National Park Reserve, Inuvik, and Aulavik National Park.
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