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Fort Simpson airport (Canada)
Fort Simpson airport is located near Fort Simpson, with Naylors Landing at 7mi↑, Fort Simpson at 8mi↑, Berens Landing at 11mi↑, Brownings Landing at 57mi↑, Netla at 88mi↑, Trout Lake at 92mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Fort Simpson airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYFS
- IATA code : YFS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 169 m = 554ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 14/32 : 1829m = 6001ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Fort Simpson airport
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Aviation weather for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
METAR for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
CYFS 202200Z 15002KT 15SM SCT072 BKN100 BKN250 M28/M31 A3002 RMK AC4AC2CI1 SLP195
Decoded METAR for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
METAR issued by CYFS on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 days and 75 hours and -4263 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
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 1017hPa = 30.02inHg
Wind 4km/h = 2kt, direction is 150°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 7200ft = 2190m. broken at 10000ft = 3050m. broken at 25000ft = 7620m.
Remarks : AC4AC2CI1 Sea Level Pressure SLP=195
TAF for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
CYFS 201740Z 2018/2106 VRB03KT P6SM FEW040 BKN060 TEMPO 2018/2103 P6SM -SN FM210300 VRB03KT P6SM FEW060 SCT120 RMK NXT FCST BY 210000Z
Decoded TAF for Fort Simpson airport CYFS YFS
TAF issued by CYFS on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 8 hours and 17 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
2018/2106 VRB03KT P6SM FEW040 BKN060
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 4000ft = 1220m broken at 6000ft = 1830m
temporarily from Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2018/2103 P6SM -SN
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
light snow
from Saturday, December 20, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 21, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM210300 VRB03KT P6SM FEW060 SCT120
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 6000ft = 1830m scattered clouds at 12000ft = 3660m
NOTAM for Fort Simpson airport
Around Fort Simpson airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Naylors Landing
- MoMA (New York) at 2423mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2431mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4184mi↑
- Paris at 4186mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4186mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4309mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4310mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4311mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4325mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4325mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4328mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 4329mi↑
- for Fort Simpson airport at 0mi↑
- for Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 2) airport at 6mi↑
- for Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 1) airport at 6mi↑
nearest airports to Fort Simpson airport (Canada)
- Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 2) heliport ( CFD8) at 6mi↑
- Fort Simpson (Great Slave No. 1) heliport ( CFS2) at 6mi↑
- Fort Simpson Island airport ( CET4) at 8mi↑
- Fort Simpson Island seaplane base ( CEZ7) at 9mi↑
- Jean Marie River airport ( CET9) at 26mi↑
- Nahanni Butte seaplane base ( CET8) at 86mi↑
- Nahanni Butte airport ( CBD6) at 87mi↑
- Trout Lake airport ( CEU9) at 91mi↑
- Trout Lake seaplane base ( CEG9) at 92mi↑
- Mount Flett airport ( CA-0247) at 109mi↑defunct airport
- Prairie Creek airport ( CBH4) at 118mi↑
- Fort Providence Water airport ( CA-0557) at 121mi↑defunct airport
- Wrigley airport (CYWY YWY ) at 122mi↑NOTAM
- Fort Providence airport (CYJP ) at 123mi↑NOTAM
- Fort Liard airport (CYJF YJF ) at 129mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Pointed Mountain airport ( CA-0584) at 131mi↑
→ 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
