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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 military aircrafts only; the airfield is required for transport of personnel and provisions 12 months of the year. There have been 2 crashes involving fatalities at the airfield since it was established.
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