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Yellowknife airport (Canada)
Yellowknife airport is located near Yellowknife, with Yellowknife at 3mi↑, Discovery at 53mi↑, Rae-Edzo at 56mi↑, Fort Resolution at 94mi↑, Wha Ti at 101mi↑, Snowdrift at 118mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Yellowknife airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYZF
- IATA code : YZF
- Local code : -
Elevation : 206 m = 676ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 16/34 : 2286m = 7500ft
- runway 10/28 : 1524m = 5000ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Yellowknife airport
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Aviation weather for Yellowknife airport CYZF YZF
METAR for Yellowknife airport CYZF YZF
CYZF 120800Z 29011KT 15SM BKN009 OVC020 M00/M02 A2992 RMK SC5SC3 SLP147
Decoded METAR for Yellowknife airport CYZF YZF
METAR issued by CYZF on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 08:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 30 hours and -1409 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
The temperature is 0°C = 32°F, dew point is -2°C = 28°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 86 %.
QNH is 1013hPa = 29.92inHg
Wind 20km/h = 11kt, direction is 290°.
Clouds : broken at 900ft = 270m. overcast at 2000ft = 610m.
Remarks : SC5SC3 Sea Level Pressure SLP=147
TAF for Yellowknife airport CYZF YZF
CYZF 120847Z 1209/1312 29010KT P6SM FEW008 SCT020 TEMPO 1209/1213 BKN008 OVC020 FM121300 30010KT P6SM SCT020 TEMPO 1213/1302 BKN020 BECMG 1300/1302 18005KT FM130200 18005KT P6SM SCT015 BECMG 1310/1312 18012KT RMK NXT FCST BY 121200Z
Decoded TAF for Yellowknife airport CYZF YZF
TAF issued by CYZF on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 08:47 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 5 hours and 44 minutes. weather forecast for 27 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
1209/1312 29010KT P6SM FEW008 SCT020
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 290°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 800ft = 240m scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
temporarily from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1209/1213 BKN008 OVC020
broken at 800ft = 240m overcast at 2000ft = 610m
from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM121300 30010KT P6SM SCT020
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
temporarily from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1213/1302 BKN020
broken at 2000ft = 610m
becoming from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1300/1302 18005KT
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 180°
from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Monday, October 13, 2025 à 10:00 heure UTC
FM130200 18005KT P6SM SCT015
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m
becoming from Monday, October 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Monday, October 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1310/1312 18012KT
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 180°
NOTAM for Yellowknife airport
Around Yellowknife airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Yellowknife
- MoMA (New York) at 2231mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2244mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4003mi↑
- Paris at 4004mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4005mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4135mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4137mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4137mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4150mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4150mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4153mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 4154mi↑
- for Yellowknife airport at 0mi↑
- for Yellowknife (Aero Arctic) airport at 1mi↑
- for Yellowknife (Regional Hospital) airport at 2mi↑
nearest airports to Yellowknife airport (Canada)
- Yellowknife (Aero Arctic) heliport ( CA-0419) at 1mi↑defunct airport
- Yellowknife (Regional Hospital) heliport ( CEH7) at 2mi↑defunct airport
- Yellowknife seaplane base ( CEN9) at 3mi↑
- Miramar Con Mines heliport ( CA-0420) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- Yellow Dog Lodge seaplane base ( CYD2) at 35mi↑
- Namushka Lodge seaplane base ( CEP9) at 35mi↑
- Beaulieu River airport ( CA-0039) at 45mi↑defunct airport
- Discovery airport ( CA-0114) at 53mi↑defunct airport
- Frank Channel (Forestry) heliport ( CFB2) at 53mi↑
- Russell Lake airport ( CA-0320) at 56mi↑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