# Norman Wells Airport (YVQ / CYVQ)

**Norman Wells Airport** (IATA: YVQ, ICAO: CYVQ) is a medium airport in Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada. It has one runway, 1,828 m (5,998 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 16 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YVQ / CYVQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Elevation: 73 m / 238 ft
- Coordinates: 65.2816, -126.7980
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,828 m / 5,998 ft
- Passengers: 15,715 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Inuvik
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Wells_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3912864
- Weather station: CYVQ · WMO 71043
- Ident: CYVQ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,828 m / 5,998 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 36,808 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 33,967 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 37,829 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 32,656 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 27,626 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 15,715 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [ZFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czfn.md) Tulita Airport · Canada · 71 km / 44 mi · North-Wright Airways
- [YGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cygh.md) Fort Good Hope Airport · Canada · 136 km / 85 mi · North-Wright Airways
- [YWJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywj.md) Déline Airport · Canada · 157 km / 98 mi · North-Wright Airways
- [YCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvl.md) Tommy Kochon Airport · Canada · 196 km / 122 mi · North-Wright Airways
- [YEV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyev.md) Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport · Canada · 445 km / 277 mi · Canadian North, North-Wright Airways
- [YZF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzf.md) Yellowknife International Airport · Canada · 680 km / 423 mi · Canadian North, North-Wright Airways

### Cargo (1)

- [YZF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzf.md) Yellowknife International Airport · Canada · 680 km / 423 mi · Buffalo Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- HW [North-Wright Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/north-wright-airways) · 6
- 5T [Canadian North](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/canadian-north) · 2

### Cargo (1)

- J4 [Buffalo Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/buffalo-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 16K (2021) | #2,527 of 3,974 | #601 in North America | #68 in CA |
| Longest runway | 1,828 m / 5,998 ft | =4,715 of 29,858 | =1,394 in North America | =112 in CA |
| Elevation | 73 m / 238 ft | =32,997 of 43,403 | =15,104 in North America | =1,197 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | EDMONTON CNTR | 134.825 |
| A/G | MF | 122.200 |
| FSS | NORMAN WELLS RDO | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [ZFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czfn.md) Tulita Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [CBC2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbc2.md) Ford Bay Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [YGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cygh.md) Fort Good Hope Airport · 136 km / 85 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: “Norman Wells Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norman_Wells_Airport&oldid=1371265724), 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/cyvq/data