Banff Airport

Airport in Alberta, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Banff Airport (IATA: YBA, ICAO: CYBA) is located 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km; 2.0 mi) northeast of Banff, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Parks Canada, as it is located within Banff National Park.

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Banff Airport
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Airport typePrivate
OperatorParks Canada
LocationBanff National Park, near Banff, Alberta
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
  Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL4,583 ft / 1,397 m
Coordinates51°12′30″N 115°32′25″W
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CYBA
Location in Alberta
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Direction Length Surface
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18/36 3,000 914 Turf/snow
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After about ten years of being closed, the airstrip was reopened in 2007. Local environmentalists[who?] criticized the decision, saying that the decade of closure had had positive effects on local wildlife.[citation needed] The airstrip is only used for emergency and diversionary landings.[2]

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