{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Fort Simpson Airport","iataCode":"YFS","icaoCode":"CYFS","city":"Fort Simpson","country":"CA","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":61.76020050048828,"longitude":-121.2369995117188},"elevationMeters":169,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Air Tindi and Canadian North fly the routes that keep Fort Simpson connected year-round, linking YFS with Yellowknife and Hay River. The airport is operated by the Government of the Northwest Territories and works from a single 1,829-metre asphalt runway roughly 14 kilometres east of the community, near the confluence of the Liard and Mackenzie rivers. Because the ice road closes in spring and the Mackenzie barge only runs in summer, aviation is the sole dependable link for part of each year, co","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/fort-simpson-airport-yfs","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/fort-simpson-airport-yfs","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Fort Simpson Airport · (IATA: YFS) · Fort Simpson, CA · 169 m"}