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Fort Simpson airport (Canada)
Fort Simpson airport is located near Fort Simpson, with Naylors Landing at 7mi↑, Fort Simpson at 8mi↑, Berens Landing at 11mi↑, Brownings Landing at 57mi↑, Netla at 88mi↑, Trout Lake at 92mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Fort Simpson airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYFS
- IATA code : YFS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 169 m = 554ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 14/32 : 1829m = 6001ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
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Aviation weather for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
METAR for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
SPECI CYFS 061932Z 33005KT 2 1/2SM -SN OVC048 M26/M30 A3020 RMK SN6SC2 SLP256
Decoded METAR for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
METAR issued by CYFS on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 19:32 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 8 days and 198 hours and -11508 minutes ago.
visibility is 4km = 3sm.
The temperature is -26°C = -15°F, dew point is -30°C = -22°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 69 %.
QNH is 1023hPa = 30.2inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 330°.
Clouds : overcast at 4800ft = 1460m.
light snow
Remarks : snow 6SC2 Sea Level Pressure SLP=256
TAF for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
CYFS 061935Z 0619/0706 32005KT P6SM BKN060 OVC120 TEMPO 0619/0621 2SM -SN OVC040 FM062100 32006KT 4SM -SN OVC040 TEMPO 0621/0706 2SM -SHSN VV020 RMK NXT FCST BY 070000Z
Decoded TAF for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
TAF issued by CYFS on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 19:35 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 8 days and 6 hours and 9 minutes. weather forecast for 11 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
0619/0706 32005KT P6SM BKN060 OVC120
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 320°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 6000ft = 1830m overcast at 12000ft = 3660m
temporarily from Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0619/0621 2SM -SN OVC040
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light snow
overcast at 4000ft = 1220m
from Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM062100 32006KT 4SM -SN OVC040
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 320°
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light snow
overcast at 4000ft = 1220m
temporarily from Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0621/0706 2SM -SHSN VV020
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light intensity shower snow
VV2000ft = 610m
NOTAM for Fort Simpson airport
Around Fort Simpson airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Naylors Landing
- MoMA (New York) at 2423mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2431mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4184mi↑
- Paris at 4186mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4186mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4309mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4310mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4311mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4325mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4325mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4328mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 4329mi↑
- for Fort Simpson airport at 0mi↑
- for Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 2) airport at 6mi↑
- for Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 1) airport at 6mi↑
nearest airports to Fort Simpson airport (Canada)
- Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 2) heliport ( CFD8) at 6mi↑
- Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 1) heliport ( CFS2) at 6mi↑
- Fort Simpson Island airport ( CET4) at 8mi↑
- Fort Simpson Island seaplane base ( CEZ7) at 9mi↑
- Jean Marie River airport ( CET9) at 26mi↑
- Nahanni Butte seaplane base ( CET8) at 86mi↑
- Nahanni Butte airport ( CBD6) at 87mi↑
- Trout Lake airport ( CEU9) at 91mi↑
- Trout Lake seaplane base ( CEG9) at 92mi↑
- Mount Flett airport ( CA-0247) at 109mi↑defunct airport
- Prairie Creek airport ( CBH4) at 118mi↑
- Fort Providence Water airport ( CA-0557) at 121mi↑defunct airport
- Wrigley airport (CYWY YWY ) at 122mi↑NOTAM
- Fort Providence airport (CYJP ) at 123mi↑NOTAM
- Fort Liard airport (CYJF YJF ) at 129mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Pointed Mountain airport ( CA-0584) at 131mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Canada
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap