Alert Airport

Alert Airport is located at , , Canada, approximately 830 km south of the true . It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Alert, Nunavut, Canada
  • Also known as: “CYLT” and “YLT”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canadian Forces Station Alert.

Military installation
Photo: Dansk59, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, often shortened to CFS Alert, is a signals intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at , in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of , Canada.

Alert Airport

Latitude
82.51709° or 82° 31′ 2″ north
Longitude
-62.28579° or 62° 17′ 9″ west
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Operator
Canadian Department of National Defence
IATA airport code
YLT
ICAO airport code
CYLT
Open location code
C7JVGP87+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 109039073
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6301462
Wiki­data ID
Q127121
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Satellite Map

Discover Alert Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Alert Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Alert Airport”
  • Chinese: “阿勒特機場”
  • Finnish: “Alertin lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport d’Alert”
  • French: “Aéroport d’Alert”
  • French: “Aéroport d’Alerte”
  • German: “CYLT”
  • German: “Flugplatz Alert”
  • German: “YLT”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Alert”
  • Indonesian: “CYLT”
  • Indonesian: “YLT”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Alert”
  • Japanese: “アラート空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Alert”
  • Persian: “CYLT”
  • Persian: “YLT”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه آلرت”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Alert”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Alert”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Алерта”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Alert”
  • Swedish: “Alert flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи олрт”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Alert”

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Highlights include Canadian Forces Station Alert and Cairn Butte.

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