Alert Airport
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| Alert Airport | |||
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| IATA: YLT - ICAO: CYLT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | DND | ||
| Serves | Alert, Nunavut | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 100 ft (31 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05T/23T | 5,500 | 1,676 | Gravel |
Alert Airport (IATA: YLT, ICAO: CYLT) is the world's northernmost permanent airport, located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately 830 km south of the true North Pole. It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert.
Note that, like most Arctic airports, Alert Airport uses true headings rather than magnetic headings for runway designations, because the extreme magnetic variation at that location (82°N) makes magnetic compasses virtually useless.
CFS Alert is supplied by ocean-going ships for a very brief period in the late Arctic summer; the airfield is required for transport of personnel and provisions at all other times of the year. There have been 2 crashes involving fatalities at the airfield since it was established.
[edit] References
- Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 March 2007 to 0901Z 10 May 2007.
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