# Alert Airport (YLT / CYLT)

**Alert Airport** (IATA: YLT, ICAO: CYLT) is a medium airport in Alert, Nunavut, Canada. It opened in 1958. It has one runway, 1,676 m (5,500 ft) long, gravel. It is operated by Department of National Defence.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YLT / CYLT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Department of National Defence
- Serves: Alert, Nunavut, Canada
- Opened: 1958
- Elevation: 31 m / 100 ft
- Coordinates: 82.5173, -62.2830
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,676 m / 5,500 ft
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Iqaluit
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127121
- Weather station: CYLT
- Ident: CYLT

## Timeline

- 1958: Alert Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05T/23T | 1,676 m / 5,500 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Gravel | 048° / 228° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,676 m / 5,500 ft | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =133 in CA |
| Elevation | 31 m / 100 ft | =36,830 of 43,403 | =16,697 in North America | =1,300 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | #45 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| OPS | OPS | 568.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA-1249](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-1249.md) Fort Conger Airstrip · 93 km / 58 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)
- [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/cylt/data