Fond-du-Lac Airport
Appearance
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Ministry of Highways & Infrastructure | ||||||||||
Location | Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan | ||||||||||
Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 796 ft / 243 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 59°20′04″N 107°10′55″W / 59.33444°N 107.18194°W | ||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] |
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
Airlines | Destinations |
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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
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Passenger in Fond-du-Lac plane crash has died, family says". cbc.ca. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
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