Ekati Airport
Ekati Airport at left centre, with the four pits of the mine, August 2010
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorArctic Canadian Diamond Company
LocationEkati Diamond Mine
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
  Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL1,536 ft / 468 m
Coordinates64°41′56″N 110°36′53″W / 64.69889°N 110.61472°W / 64.69889; -110.61472
Map
CYOA is located in Northwest Territories
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Location in the Northwest Territories
CYOA is located in Canada
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CYOA (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 6,411 1,954 Gravel

Ekati Airport (IATA: YOA, ICAO: CYOA) is located at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada and is operated by Arctic Canadian Diamond Company[2] Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency. It is a busy aerodrome with blasting in the area and barren-ground caribou may be found on the runway.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. "EKATI Diamond Mine 2009 Year in Review" (PDF). BHP Billiton Canada Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-06.



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