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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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- Cluff Lake airport at 63mi : book on Trip.com
- Fort Smith airport at 92mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
METAR for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
SPECI CYPY 080459Z AUTO 10006KT 6SM -SN SCT029 OVC055 M17/M20 A2994 RMK SLP168
Decoded METAR for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
METAR issued by CYPY on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 04:59 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 22 hours and 44 minutes ago.
visibility is 10km = 6sm.
The temperature is -17°C = 1°F, dew point is -20°C = -4°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 77 %.
QNH is 1014hPa = 29.94inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 100°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 2900ft = 880m. overcast at 5500ft = 1680m.
light snow
Remarks : Sea Level Pressure SLP=168
TAF for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
CYPY 080016Z 0800/0807 07005KT P6SM SCT020 BKN060 TEMPO 0800/0807 2SM -SN BR BKN015 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 081300Z
Decoded TAF for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
TAF issued by CYPY on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 00:16 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 3 hours and 27 minutes. weather forecast for 7 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 00:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 8, 2026 à 07:00 heure UTC
0800/0807 07005KT P6SM SCT020 BKN060
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m broken at 6000ft = 1830m
temporarily from Saturday, February 7, 2026 à 00:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 8, 2026 à 07:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0800/0807 2SM -SN BR BKN015
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light snow
mist
broken at 1500ft = 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
