Fort Nelson Airport

Northern Rockies Regional Airport

Fort Nelson Airport
Northern Rockies Regional Airport; Fort Nelson Airport
	Fort Nelson Airport, BC
	IATA: YYE; ICAO: CYYE; WMO: 71945;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Northern Rockies Regional Municipality
Location	Fort Nelson, British Columbia
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,253 ft / 382 m
Coordinates	58°50′11″N 122°35′49″W / 58.83639°N 122.59694°W
Website	https://www.northernrockies.ca/en/live-here/regional-airport.aspx
Map
	CYYE Location in British Columbia
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	21,371
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

Northern Rockies Regional Airport (Fort Nelson Airport) (IATA: YYE, ICAO: CYYE) is located 3.8 nautical miles (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) east northeast of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Central Mountain Air	Prince George
Flair Airlines	Charter: Comox, Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria
Northern Rockies Adventures	Charter: Pitt Meadows

History

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Fort Nelson, British Columbia at 58°50′N 122°40′W / 58.833°N 122.667°W / 58.833; -122.667 with a variation of 34 degrees east and elevation of 1,170 ft (360 m). The aerodrome was listed as "Under Construction - Servicable" with two runways listed as follows:^[4]

Runway name	Length	Width	Surface
2/20	6,400 ft (2,000 m)	200 ft (61 m)	Hard Surfaced
7/25	4,800 ft (1,500 m)	200 ft (61 m)	Hard Surfaced

Historical airline service

Commencing during the early 1940s, scheduled passenger service was operated in the past by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines International to Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Prince George, British Columbia; Fort St. John, British Columbia, Watson Lake, Yukon and Whitehorse, Yukon. CP Air served the airport with Boeing 737-200 jetliners during the 1970s with direct, no change of plane flights to all of the above destinations.^[5]^[6] Other Canadian Pacific flights into the airport over the years were operated with such twin engine prop aircraft as the Lockheed Lodestar, the Douglas DC-3 and the Convair 240 as well as with the larger, four engine Douglas DC-6B propliner and the Bristol Britannia turboprop.^[7] Another airline which served Fort Nelson during the mid 1970s was International Jetair operating nonstop flights several days a week to Inuvik with continuing one stop service to Whitehorse, Yukon flown with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft.^[8] In 1994, Canadian Partner code sharing service on behalf of Canadian Airlines International was being operated with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprops and/or Fokker F28 Fellowship jets to the airport from Vancouver, Edmonton, Grande Prairie and Fort St. John.^[9]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Total Aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 135.
^ http://www.timetableimages.com, July 15, 1970 CP Air system timetable
^ North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Feb. 1, 1976 edition, Fort Nelson flight schedules
^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1943; Nov. 1, 1953; April 29, 1962 & April 24, 1966 Canadian Pacifio Air Lines system timetables
^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Oct. 28, 1973 International Jetair timetable
^ Sept. 15, 1994 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Fort Nelson flight schedules