Banff Airport
Airport in Alberta, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Operator | Parks Canada | ||||||||||
Location | Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta | ||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,583 ft / 1,397 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°12′30″N 115°32′25″W | ||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] |
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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