Alert Airport (IATA: YLT, ICAO: CYLT) is located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately 830 km (520 mi) south of the true North Pole. It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert. A weather station was established on the site in 1950, and in 1957 construction began on the military facilities which are still in use as of 2024. It is the northernmost airport in the world, although not used by public scheduled flights.
Alert Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | DND / 1CdnAirDiv Alert AMO Ottawa | ||||||||||
| Location | Alert, Nunavut | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 100 ft / 30 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 82°31′04″N 062°16′50″W / 82.51778°N 62.28056°W | ||||||||||
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  CYLT Location in Nunavut | |||||||||||
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Facilities
editRadar and navigation equipment are trailer units that can be moved around the airport. The airport's fire and rescue operations are supported by a 2012 KME/Fort Garry Fire Truck ARFF.[3] Two bulldozers are used to grade the runway when needed.[4]
Incidents
editThere have been two crashes involving fatalities at the airfield since it was established.
- July 31, 1950 – Royal Canadian Air Force Avro Lancaster AG-965 on a re-supply flight crashed, killing all 9 on board (crew members and passengers).[5]
- October 30, 1991 – "Boxtop 22", a Lockheed C-130 Hercules from CFB Trenton on re-supply mission crashed, killing 5 on board.[6]
See also
edit- List of airports in Nunavut
- Thule Air Base US - Greenland
References
edit- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2013-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Home | Fort Garry Fire Trucks - Fire & Rescue".
- ^ "CFS Alert".
- ^ "Canadian Built Avro Lancasters". Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ^ "News Article | Remembering the crash of Boxtop Flight 22". 30 October 2017.
External links
edit- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Alert Airport from Nav Canada as available.
