Ekati Airport

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Ekati Airport

Ekati Airport at left centre, with the four pits of the mine, August 2010
IATA: YOA – ICAO: CYOA
Summary
Airport type		Private
Operator		BHP Billiton Canada Inc.
Location		Ekati Diamond Mine
Elevation AMSL		1,536 ft / 468 m
Coordinates		64°41′56″N 110°36′53″W / 64.69889°N 110.61472°W / 64.69889; -110.61472Coordinates: 64°41′56″N 110°36′53″W / 64.69889°N 110.61472°W / 64.69889; -110.61472
Map
CYOA Location in the Northwest Territories
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
02/20	6,411	1,954	Gravel
Source: Canada Flight Supplement^[1]

Ekati Airport (IATA: YOA, ICAO: CYOA) is located at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada and is operated by BHP Billiton Canada Inc.^[2] Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency. It is a busy aerodrome with blasting in the area and barren-ground caribou may be found on the runway.^[1]

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 2 May 2013 to 0901Z 27 June 2013
^ "EKATI Diamond Mine 2009 Year in Review". BHP Billiton Canada Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

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

Assets

Current

Mines	Area C mine Cerrejón (33.33%) Ekati Diamond Mine (80%) Escondida (57.5%) Goonyella Riverside Mine¹ Jimblebar mine Leinster Nickel Mount Keith Mine Mount Whaleback mine (85%) Mozal Olympic Dam Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine (85%) Peak Downs Mine¹ Resolution Copper (50%) Worsley Yandi mine (85%) Yarrie mine (85%) Yeelirrie uranium project

Other	Atlantis PQ (44%) Douglas Complex Ekati Airport Goldsworthy railway Mad Dog oil field (23.9%) Moranbah Airport¹ Mount Newman railway North West Shelf Venture (16.67% LNG phase, 8.33% domestic gas phase) VF2388

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¹Assets of BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, a joint venture between BHP Billiton (50%) and Mitsubishi Corporation (50%)

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