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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 262300Z AUTO 02002KT 9SM -SN BKN042 OVC110 M10/M12 A3046 RMK SLP340
Decoded METAR for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
METAR issued by CYPY on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 23:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 8 days and 193 hours and -11465 minutes ago.
visibility is 14km = 9sm.
The temperature is -10°C = 14°F, dew point is -12°C = 10°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 85 %.
QNH is 1031hPa = 30.46inHg
Wind 4km/h = 2kt, direction is 20°.
Clouds : broken at 4200ft = 1280m. overcast at 11000ft = 3350m.
light snow
Remarks : Sea Level Pressure SLP=340
TAF for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
CYPY 262340Z 2700/2707 VRB03KT P6SM -SN SCT012 BKN040 OVC110 TEMPO 2700/2707 3SM -SN BR SCT006 OVC012 PROB30 2700/2707 3/4SM BR OVC003 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 271300Z
Decoded TAF for Fort Chipewyan airport CYPY YPY
TAF issued by CYPY on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 23:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 8 days and 1 hours and 15 minutes. weather forecast for 7 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Thursday, November 27, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
2700/2707 VRB03KT P6SM -SN SCT012 BKN040 OVC110
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
light snow
scattered clouds at 1200ft = 370m broken at 4000ft = 1220m overcast at 11000ft = 3350m
temporarily from Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Thursday, November 27, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2700/2707 3SM -SN BR SCT006 OVC012
Visibility is 5km = 3sm.
light snow
mist
scattered clouds at 600ft = 180m overcast at 1200ft = 370m
probability of 30% to have from Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Thursday, November 27, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
PROB30 2700/2707 3/4SM BR OVC003
Visibility is 1km = 1sm.
mist
overcast at 300ft = 90m
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
