Norman Wells Airport

Norman Wells Airport
Norman Wells Airport
	IATA: YVQ; ICAO: CYVQ; WMO: 71043;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of the Northwest Territories
Location	Norman Wells, Northwest Territories
Hub for	North-Wright Airways
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	237 ft / 72 m
Coordinates	65°16′53″N 126°47′55″W / 65.28139°N 126.79861°W
Map
	CYVQ Location in the Northwest Territories CYVQ CYVQ (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	13,885
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

Norman Wells Airport (IATA: YVQ, ICAO: CYVQ) is located adjacent to Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada. North-Wright Airways has its hangar and office adjacent to the airport.^[1]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Canadian North	Inuvik, Yellowknife^[5]
North-Wright Airways	Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Inuvik, Tulita, Yellowknife^[6]

Airlines	Destinations
Buffalo Airways	Yellowknife

On 5 January 1972, Douglas C-47B CF-KAH of Mackenzie Air was damaged beyond economic repair at Norman Wells Airport.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "About". North-Wright Airways. 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ Full network schedule
^ "North-Wright Airways flight schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
^ "CF-KAH Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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