{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Alert Airport","iataCode":"YLT","icaoCode":"CYLT","city":"Alert","country":"CA","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":82.517799,"longitude":-62.280602},"elevationMeters":30,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Alert (YLT/CYLT) is the northernmost permanently operational airport on Earth, sitting at 82.5° North on the north-eastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, roughly 820 km from the geographic North Pole. It exists to serve Canadian Forces Station Alert and has no scheduled passenger flights and no commercial freight handling. Resupply comes twice a year through Operation Boxtop, a Royal Canadian Air Force airlift flown by CC-130 Hercules and CC-177 Globemaster aircraft staged from Pituffik (fo","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/alert-airport-ylt","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/alert-airport-ylt","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Alert Airport · (IATA: YLT) · Alert, CA · 30 m"}