# Fort Smith Airport (YSM / CYSM)

**Fort Smith Airport** (IATA: YSM, ICAO: CYSM) is a medium airport in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,829 m (6,000 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YSM / CYSM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Elevation: 205 m / 671 ft
- Coordinates: 60.0203, -111.9620
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Edmonton
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Smith_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3912580
- Weather station: CYSM · WMO 71934
- Ident: CYSM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | yes |
| 03/21 | 549 m / 1,800 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Paved | 041° / 221° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [YPY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypy.md) Fort Chipewyan Airport · Canada · 147 km / 91 mi · Air Tindi
- [YZF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzf.md) Yellowknife International Airport · Canada · 302 km / 188 mi · Air Tindi
- [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 753 km / 468 mi · Air Tindi

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8T [Air Tindi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tindi) · 3

## 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 | 205 m / 671 ft | =23,978 of 43,403 | =11,468 in North America | #994 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | YELOWKNIFE RDO | 123.550 |
| ATF | AIRPORT RDO | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA-0731](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0731.md) Fort Smith (Four Mile Lake) Water Aerodrome · 10.0 km / 6.2 mi
- [CFW5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cfw5.md) Taltson River Airport · 54 km / 33 mi
- [YPY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypy.md) Fort Chipewyan Airport · 147 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 Smith Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Smith_Airport&oldid=1371264937), 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/cysm/data