Norman Wells Airport

Norman Wells Airport (IATA: YVQ, ICAO: CYVQ) is located adjacent to Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada. North-Wright Airways has its hangar and office adjacent to the airport.

Norman Wells Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of the Northwest Territories
LocationNorman Wells, Northwest Territories
Hub forNorth-Wright Airways
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL237 ft / 72 m
Coordinates65°16′53″N 126°47′55″W
Map
CYVQ
Location in the Northwest Territories
CYVQ
CYVQ (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,998 1,828 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements13,885
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Canadian North Edmonton International, Inuvik (Mike Zubko), Yellowknife[4]
Discovery Air Calgary[5]
North-Wright Airways Deline, Fort Good Hope, Inuvik, Tulita, Yellowknife, Colville Lake[6]

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Buffalo Airways Yellowknife

Accidents and incidents

On 5 January 1972, Douglas C-47B CF-KAH of Mackenzie Air was damaged beyond economic repair at Norman Wells Airport.[7]

gollark: ...
gollark: Well, I've no idea what to do now...
gollark: Seems like they're *mostly* gone. Wonderful.
gollark: A great example of why you should constantly take backups like I forgot to!
gollark: They'll either magically come back (I really hope so) or I'll need to reset everything or manually fix it in creative.

See also

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. Full network schedule
  5. "New direct flight to Sahtu caters to oil execs". CBC. 2013-11-07.
  6. "North-Wright Airways flight schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  7. "CF-KAH Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2010.



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