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Fond-du-Lac Airport

Coordinates: 59°20′04″N 107°10′55″W / 59.33444°N 107.18194°W / 59.33444; -107.18194
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Fond-du-Lac Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Highways & Infrastructure
LocationFond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL796 ft / 243 m
Coordinates59°20′04″N 107°10′55″W / 59.33444°N 107.18194°W / 59.33444; -107.18194
Map
CZFD is located in Saskatchewan
CZFD
CZFD
Location in Saskatchewan
CZFD is located in Canada
CZFD
CZFD
CZFD (Canada)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,805 1,160 Treated gravel

Fond-du-Lac Airport, (IATA: ZFD, ICAO: CZFD), is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Transwest Air La Ronge, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Stony Rapids, Uranium City

Accidents

  • The West Wind Aviation Flight 280, an ATR-42 aircraft crashed with 22 passengers and 3 crews on board at Fond-du-Lac, approximately 1km from the airport, immediately after taking off from the airport, on Dec 13, 2017. The aircraft was destroyed but everyone on board initially survived, although some with serious injuries.[2] One passenger, Arsen Fern Jr., died of his injuries two weeks after the accident.[3]

References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "All 25 passengers on crashed Fond-du-Lac flight 'accounted for' but some require air ambulance, RCMP say". cbc.ca. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  3. ^ "Passenger in Fond-du-Lac plane crash has died, family says". cbc.ca. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2018-05-25.