Smithers Airport

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Smithers Airport
IATA: YYD - ICAO: CYYD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Town of Smithers
Serves		Smithers, British Columbia
Elevation AMSL		1,712 ft (522 m)
Coordinates		54°49′29″N, 127°10′58″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	5,000	1,524	Asphalt

Smithers Airport, (IATA: YYD, ICAO: CYYD), is located 2.0 nautical miles (3.70 km) north of Smithers, British Columbia, Canada.

Contents 1 Runways 2 Airlines 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Runways

Currently the runway is 5,000ft (1,524 m), but plans are underway to expand it to 7,500ft (2,286 m) so that the airport can land larger aircraft. The extension is scheduled to be completed by late 2006 or early 2007 and is due to the local ski areas planned expansion. Once the expansion of the ski areas is complete, there would then be a need for a runway capable of landing Regional aircraft as large as the Boeing 737. Even though Smithers was previously served with older generation Boeing 737 aircraft in the 80's and early 90's, the newer variants of these aircraft require longer runways.

[edit] Airlines

• Air Canada Jazz (Twice daily service to Vancouver (CYVR) on DASH-8 aircraft)
• Central Mountain Air (Sunday through Friday service to Terrace (CYXT) and Prince George (CYXS) with connections to Kamloops CYKA and Kelowna CYLW on Beech_1900D aircraft)
• Northern Thunderbird Air (Monday and Friday service to Dease Lake (CYDL) (Summer months also see a Wednesday flight) on Beech_1900D#1900C aircraft)

[edit] See also

• Smithers/Tyhee Lake Water Aerodrome

[edit] References

• Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 23 November 2006 to 0901Z 18 January 2007.

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