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Fort Nelson airport (Canada)
Fort Nelson airport is located near Fort Nelson, with Fort Nelson at 4mi↑, Steamboat at 42mi↑, Magnum Mine at 95mi↑, Fort Liard at 101mi↑, Trout Lake at 120mi↑, Pink Mountain at 125mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Fort Nelson airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYYE
- IATA code : YYE
- Local code : -
Elevation : 382 m = 1253ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 03/21 : 1951m = 6401ft
- runway 07/25 : 1240m = 4068ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
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Aviation weather for Fort Nelson airport CYYE YYE
METAR for Fort Nelson airport CYYE YYE
CYYE 071200Z 11004KT 100V180 15SM OVC065 03/03 A2964 RMK SC8 SLP055
Decoded METAR for Fort Nelson airport CYYE YYE
METAR issued by CYYE on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 12:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 18 hours and 10 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
The temperature is 3°C = 37°F, dew point is 3°C = 37°F. The air is saturated with water : relative air humidity is 100 %.
QNH is 1004hPa = 29.64inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 110°.
Clouds : overcast at 6500ft = 1980m.
Remarks : SC8 Sea Level Pressure SLP=055
TAF for Fort Nelson airport CYYE YYE
CYYE 070640Z 0707/0719 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150 PROB30 0707/0713 1/2SM FG OVC002 FM071300 VRB03KT P6SM BKN040 OVC100 FM071600 27006KT P6SM SCT060 RMK NXT FCST BY 071300Z
Decoded TAF for Fort Nelson airport CYYE YYE
TAF issued by CYYE on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 06:40 UTC, issued 23 hours and 30 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 07:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
0707/0719 VRB03KT P6SM SCT040 BKN150
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m broken at 15000ft = 4570m
probability of 30% to have from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 07:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
PROB30 0707/0713 1/2SM FG OVC002
Visibility is 1km = 1sm, there's fog.
fog
overcast at 200ft = 60m
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
FM071300 VRB03KT P6SM BKN040 OVC100
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 4000ft = 1220m overcast at 10000ft = 3050m
from Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
FM071600 27006KT P6SM SCT060
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 6000ft = 1830m
NOTAM for Fort Nelson airport
Around Fort Nelson airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Fort Nelson
- MoMA (New York) at 2428mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2428mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4372mi↑
- Paris at 4374mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4374mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4501mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4503mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4503mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4516mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4517mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4519mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 4520mi↑
- for Fort Nelson airport at 0mi↑
- for Fort Nelson (Mile 301) airport at 5mi↑
- for Fort Nelson (Forestry) airport at 5mi↑
nearest airports to Fort Nelson airport (Canada)
- Fort Nelson (Mile 301) heliport ( CFN2) at 5mi↑defunct airport
- Fort Nelson (Forestry) heliport ( CA-0136) at 5mi↑defunct airport
- Fort Nelson (Guardian) heliport ( CFN8) at 7mi↑
- Gordon Field airport ( CBL3) at 7mi↑
- Fort Nelson (Parker Lake) seaplane base ( CER9) at 11mi↑
- Yo airport ( CA-0422) at 41mi↑defunct airport
- Mobil Sierra airport ( CA-0137) at 43mi↑defunct airport
- Cabin airport ( CA-0072) at 46mi↑defunct airport
- Kotcho airport ( CA-0197) at 51mi↑defunct airport
- Prophet River airport ( CA-0299) at 60mi↑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