Fort Smith Airport

This article is about the Canadian airport. For the United States airport, see Fort Smith Regional Airport.

Fort Smith Airport
IATA: YSM ICAO: CYSM WMO: 71934
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of the Northwest Territories
Location	Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	673 ft / 205 m
Coordinates	60°01′13″N 111°57′43″W
Map
CYSM Location in the Northwest Territories
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 6,001 1,829 Asphalt 03/21 1,797 548 Gravel/asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 1,944
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Fort Smith Airport (IATA: YSM, ICAO: CYSM) is located near Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. Runway 03/21 has no winter service.

The Fort Smith (District) Heliport is located southeast of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Tindi	Edmonton, Fort Chipewyan, Yellowknife (all begin 17 January 2025)[4]
Northwestern Air	Edmonton, Fort Chipewyan, Hay River, High Level, Yellowknife (all end 16 January 2025)[5]

Accidents and incidents

• On January 23, 2024, Northwestern Air Flight 738, a British Aerospace Jetstream operated by Northwestern Air as a charter flight to the Diavik Diamond Mine crashed shortly after takeoff, killing six people and injuring one.[6][7]

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on December 1, 2011.
3. "Total aircraft movements by class of operation". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
4. Williams, Ollie (23 December 2024). "Air Tindi sets out how Fort Smith flights will look from mid-January". Cabin Radio. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
5. Pruy, Sarah; Williams, Ollie (18 December 2024). "Fort Smith's Northwestern to hand scheduled flights to Air Tindi". Cabin Radio. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
6. "BREAKING: Fatalities confirmed after aircraft crashes at Fort Smith". CKLB Radio. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
7. "6 people dead in Tuesday's plane crash near Fort Smith, N.W.T., says coroner". CBC News. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

External links

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Fort Smith Airport from Nav Canada as available.