Dawson City Airport

Dawson City Airport (IATA: YDA, ICAO: CYDA) is located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) east of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, in the Klondike River valley, and is operated by the Yukon government. It has a terminal building and a runway which was paved in May 2019.^[4] The asphalt runway is 5,003 ft × 100 ft (1,525 m × 30 m) long and at an elevation of 1,215 ft (370 m). A number of studies have recommended moving the airport or realigning the runway as it is in a narrow mountain valley.

Dawson City Airport
IATA: YDA ICAO: CYDA WMO: 71966
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Yukon
Location	Dawson City, Yukon
Time zone	MST (UTC−08:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,215 ft / 370 m
Coordinates	64°02′32″N 139°07′48″W
Map
CYDA Location in Yukon Show map of Yukon CYDA CYDA (Canada) Show map of Canada
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 5,003 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 8,670
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can normally handle aircraft with up to 15 passengers, but are equipped to handle daily Boeing 737 charters between Dawson City and Fairbanks (Fairbanks International Airport) during the peak summer tourism season.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air North	Inuvik, Old Crow, Whitehorse Seasonal charter: Fairbanks

Note the large hills nearby

A Hawker Siddeley HS 748 touching down on runway 03

Near the threshold of runway 03

See also

• Dawson City Water Aerodrome

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. "Dawson City Airport paving complete". yukon.ca. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-08-19.

External links

• Page about this airport Archived 2012-06-01 at the Wayback Machine on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Dawson City Airport from Nav Canada as available.