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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
CYFS 071300Z 12005KT 080V160 15SM SCT013 BKN180 BKN210 02/M02 A2953 RMK SC4AC1CI2 FU SLP014
Decoded METAR for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
METAR issued by CYFS on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 13:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 9 days and 237 hours and -12931 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
The temperature is 2°C = 36°F, dew point is -2°C = 28°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 75 %.
QNH is 1000hPa = 29.53inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 120°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 1300ft = 400m. broken at 18000ft = 5490m. broken at 21000ft = 6400m.
Remarks : SC4AC1CI2 smoke Sea Level Pressure SLP=014
TAF for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
CYFS 071140Z 0712/0724 13005KT P6SM BKN012 OVC030 TEMPO 0712/0717 3SM -DZ BR OVC008 PROB40 0712/0717 1/2SM FG VV002 FM071700 16005KT P6SM SCT008 BKN040 BECMG 0719/0721 32008KT RMK NXT FCST BY 071800Z
Decoded TAF for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
TAF issued by CYFS on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 11:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 9 days and 22 hours and 49 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
0712/0724 13005KT P6SM BKN012 OVC030
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 130°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 1200ft = 370m overcast at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0712/0717 3SM -DZ BR OVC008
Visibility is 5km = 3sm.
light intensity drizzle
mist
overcast at 800ft = 240m
probability of 40% to have from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
PROB40 0712/0717 1/2SM FG VV002
Visibility is 1km = 1sm, there's fog.
fog
VV200ft = 60m
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
FM071700 16005KT P6SM SCT008 BKN040
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 160°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 800ft = 240m broken at 4000ft = 1220m
becoming from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0719/0721 32008KT
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 320°
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
→ 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