Fort Smith Airport

Fort Smith 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 / 60.02028°N 111.96194°W
Map
	CYSM Location in the Northwest Territories
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	1,944
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

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

Airlines	Destinations
Northwestern Air	Edmonton, Fort Chipewyan, Hay River, High Level, Yellowknife

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.^[4]^[5]

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on December 1, 2011.
^ "Total aircraft movements by class of operation". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
^ "BREAKING: Fatalities confirmed after aircraft crashes at Fort Smith". CKLB Radio. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "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.

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

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