Ekati Airport
Appearance
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![]() Ekati Airport at left centre, with the four pits of the mine, August 2010 | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Operator | Arctic Canadian Diamond Company | ||||||||||
Standort | Ekati Diamond Mine | ||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,536 ft / 468 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 64°41′56″N 110°36′53″W / 64.69889°N 110.61472°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] |
Ekati Airport (IATA: YOA, ICAO: CYOA) is located at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada and is operated by Arctic Canadian Diamond Company[2] Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency. It is a busy[further explanation needed] aerodrome with blasting in the area and barren-ground caribou may be found on the runway.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "EKATI Diamond Mine 2009 Year in Review" (PDF). BHP Billiton Canada Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
External links
[edit]- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Ekati Airport from Nav Canada as available.