# Fort Simpson Airport (YFS / CYFS)

**Fort Simpson Airport** (IATA: YFS, ICAO: CYFS) is a medium airport in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyfs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YFS / CYFS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Elevation: 169 m / 555 ft
- Coordinates: 61.7602, -121.2370
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Inuvik
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Simpson_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3506240
- Weather station: CYFS · WMO 71946
- Ident: CYFS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 156° / 336° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [YHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhy.md) Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport · Canada · 309 km / 192 mi · Canadian North
- [YZF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzf.md) Yellowknife International Airport · Canada · 362 km / 225 mi · Canadian North, Air Tindi

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YFS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 5T [Canadian North](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/canadian-north) · 2
- 8T [Air Tindi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tindi) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =87 in CA |
| Elevation | 169 m / 555 ft | =26,144 of 43,403 | =12,538 in North America | #1,073 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | EDMONTON CNTR | 135.400 |
| RCO | YELLOWKNIFE RDO | 126.700 |
| MF | FT SIMPSON RDO | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [CET4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cet4.md) Fort Simpson Island Airport · 14 km / 8.6 mi
- [CET9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cet9.md) Jean Marie River Airport · 42 km / 26 mi
- [CBD6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbd6.md) Nahanni Butte Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [CA-0903](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0903.md) Sambaa K'e Airport · 149 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Fort Simpson Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Simpson_Airport&oldid=1371265749), revision of 25 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyfs/data