Fort St. John Airport

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Fort St. John Airport
Fort St. John Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code CYXJ
IATA code YXJ
Coordinates

56 ° 14 ′ 17 "  N , 120 ° 44 ′ 25"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 14 ′ 17 "  N , 120 ° 44 ′ 25"  W
Height above MSL 695 m (2280  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 7 miles east of Fort St, John
Basic data
operator North Peace Airport Services
Terminals 1
Flight
movements 		28939 (as of 2010)
Capacity
( PAX per year) 		200,000
Runways
11/29 2106 m × 46 m asphalt
02/20 2042 m × 61 m asphalt

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Fort St. John Airport is a regional airport near the city of Fort St. John in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is open 24 hours a day, all year round. There are no flight or noise restrictions. It is in the UTC-8 (DST-7) time zone.

history

The airport opened in the spring of 1940. It benefited from the US entry into World War II and was expanded as a stopover for flights to Alaska . The original older part of the airport was closed in 1943. At the end of the war Canada took over the newly constructed buildings from the American armed forces. North Peace Airport, as it is also known, was taken over by the Canadian Department of Transportation in 1951. The airport has been operated by North Peace Airport Services Ltd. since 1977.

Airport layout

Start-and runway

The following navigation and landing aids are available when approaching the airport: NDB , VOR / DME , ILS

  • Runway 11/29, length 2106 m, width 46 m, asphalt
  • Runway 02/20, length 2042 m, width 61 m, asphalt.

Orbit 02/20 slopes to the southwest (northeast end: 2279 ft elev; southwest end: 2211 ft elev).

The two runways are at right angles to each other.

service

The following types of aviation fuel are available at the airport:

At the airport

There are 8 check-in counters, 3 gates, 1 baggage carousel, 50 short-term and 160 long-term parking spaces in the terminal. There are 3 stands for aircraft.

Flight connections and destinations

The airport is served by Air Canada , Air Canada Jazz ( Vancouver ), Central Mountain Air ( Dawson Creek , Edmonton , Fort Nelson , Prince George ), Hawkair (Dawson Creek, Vancouver), Peace Air (Fort Nelson, Grande Prairie ). North Cariboo Air offers charter flights at the airport .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation. Statistics Canada , May 5, 2011, accessed November 21, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b Airport diagram. (PDF; 76.5 MB) In: NAV CANADA . Accessed April 6, 2018 .