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Fort Chipewyan airport (Canada)
Fort Chipewyan airport is located near Fort Chipewyan, with Fort Chipewyan at 3mi↑, Kenny Woods at 46mi↑, Fort Smith at 89mi↑, Goldfields at 105mi↑, Eldorado at 107mi↑, Fort MacKay at 111mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Fort Chipewyan airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYPY
- IATA code : YPY
- Local code : -
Elevation : 232 m = 761ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 03/21 : 1524m = 5000ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Fort Chipewyan airport
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Aviation weather for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
METAR for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
CYPY 101600Z AUTO 08004KT 9SM OVC086 M28/M31 A3007 RMK SLP219
Decoded METAR for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
METAR issued by CYPY on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 16:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 days and 83 hours and -4301 minutes ago.
visibility is 14km = 9sm.
The temperature is -28°C = -18°F, dew point is -31°C = -24°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 75 %.
QNH is 1018hPa = 30.07inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 80°.
Clouds : overcast at 8600ft = 2620m.
Remarks : Sea Level Pressure SLP=219
TAF for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
CYPY 101240Z 1013/1101 VRB03KT P6SM BKN100 FM101900 VRB03KT 5SM -SN SCT030 BKN070 TEMPO 1019/1101 1 1/2SM -SN VV015 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 101800Z
Decoded TAF for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
TAF issued by CYPY on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 12:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 14 hours and 39 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
1013/1101 VRB03KT P6SM BKN100
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 10000ft = 3050m
from Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
FM101900 VRB03KT 5SM -SN SCT030 BKN070
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 8km = 5sm.
light snow
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 7000ft = 2130m
temporarily from Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1019/1101 1 1/2SM -SN VV015
Visibility is 2km = 2sm.
light snow
VV1500ft = 460m
NOTAM for Fort Chipewyan airport
Around Fort Chipewyan airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Fort Chipewyan
- MoMA (New York) at 2030mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2035mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4107mi↑
- Paris at 4109mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4109mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4255mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4255mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4256mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 4263mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 4263mi↑
- Bordeaux at 4264mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 4264mi↑
- for Fort Chipewyan airport at 0mi↑
- for Sweetgrass Landing airport at 32mi↑
- for Embarras airport at 40mi↑
nearest airports to Fort Chipewyan airport (Canada)
- Sweetgrass Landing airport ( CA-0374) at 32mi↑defunct airport
- Embarras airport ( CFN4) at 40mi↑defunct airport
- Keane Tower airport ( CA-0180) at 43mi↑defunct airport
- Richardson airport ( CA-0310) at 61mi↑defunct airport
- Cluff Lake airport ( XCL CJS3) at 63mi↑
- Fitzgerald Water airport ( CEJ7) at 77mi↑defunct airport
- Birch Mountain airport ( CFM2) at 78mi↑
- Fort Smith (Four Mile Lake) Water airport ( CA-0731) at 86mi↑
- Camsell Portage airport ( CJP6) at 88mi↑
- Johnson Lake airport ( CFL9) at 88mi↑
- Fort Smith (District) heliport ( CEC5) at 90mi↑
- Fort Smith Water seaplane base ( CA-0555) at 91mi↑
- Charlot River airport ( CJP9) at 91mi↑
- Fort Smith airport (CYSM YSM ) at 92mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Gunnar airport ( CA-0569) at 92mi↑defunct airport
- Fort Mackay / Horizon airport (CYNR HZP ) at 98mi↑NOTAM
→ 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
