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Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (IATA: YXY, ICAO: CYXY) is an airport of entry located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It is part of the National Airports System, and is owned and operated by the Government of Yukon.[1] The airport was renamed in honour of longtime Yukon Member of Parliament Erik Nielsen on December 15, 2008.[5] The terminal handled 294,000 passengers in 2012, representing a 94% increase in passenger traffic since 2002.[6] By 2017, this number had risen to 366,000.[7] Air North is based in Whitehorse.[8]

Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport Aéroport international Erik-Nielsen de Whitehorse
IATA: YXY ICAO: CYXY WMO: 71964
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Government of Yukon[1]
Location	Whitehorse, Yukon
Hub for	Air North
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL	2,317 ft / 706 m
Coordinates	60°42′34″N 135°04′02″W
Website
Map
CYXY Location in Yukon Show map of Yukon CYXY CYXY (Canada) Show map of Canada
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 1,798 548 Asphalt 14R/32L 9,500 2,896 Asphalt 14L/32R 5,317 1,621 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft movements 22,879
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[2] Environment Canada[3] Movements from Statistics Canada[4]

History

Development

In spring 1920, preparation for the arrival of the US Army Black Wolf Squadron (4 US DeHavilland DH-4s) began on Cyr's wood lot on the hill above Whitehorse. The area was cleared for a landing strip. This landing strip was used by Treadwell Mining and Yukon Airways and Exploration Co. in the mid/late 1920s.

Expanded between 1940 and 1941 by the federal Department of Transport, it was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1942 as part of the Northwest Staging Route under the name of RCAF Station Whitehorse. It was closed in 1968 and the airfield resumed its status as a civilian airport.[9]

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 handle aircraft with no more than 50 passengers; however, they can handle up to 225 if the aircraft is unloaded in stages.[2][10]

The airport has two fixed-base operators for fuel, limited aircraft maintenance facilities. The control tower operates from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. local time, and the Whitehorse Flight Service Station provides Airport Advisory Service during the remaining hours. ARFF^{[clarification needed]} services are also provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

In addition to scheduled commercial service, numerous small air charter operators and bush pilots use the airport and it serves as a major base for water bombers used in forest firefighting operations. The airport also controls Whitehorse Water Aerodrome, a float plane base on Schwatka Lake.

The airport gained a nonstop transatlantic flight in May 1998, when an Air Transat Lockheed L-1011 landed from Frankfurt with German tourists aboard.[11][12] By the summer of 2000, three airlines were flying between Whitehorse and Europe; Condor and Balair had inaugurated services to Frankfurt and Zürich, respectively.[13] However, Air Transat's route to Germany did not return after this season.[14]

During the September 11 attacks, two aircraft approaching the United States from Asia were diverted to Whitehorse as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. One of these flights, a Boeing 747 operating as Korean Air Flight 85, was feared to be hijacked; this was not the case as the jumbo jet was low on fuel. Many of the buildings in the downtown area near the airport were evacuated as a precaution. Those who witnessed the landing by the Korean Air 747 observed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) order the flight crew out at gunpoint.^{[citation needed]} Meanwhile, the economic impact of the attacks contributed to Balair's collapse, so the link to Switzerland ended.[15]

The airport's parking lot is graced by an old Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-3 on a pedestal that serves as a weather vane.

Historical airline service

Commencing in the early 1940s, scheduled passenger service was operated by Canadian Pacific Air Lines.[16] Canadian Pacific and its successor, CP Air, provided service to Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Prince George, British Columbia; Fort St. John, British Columbia; Fort Nelson, British Columbia and Watson Lake, Yukon. Other destinations in the Yukon as well as Fairbanks, Alaska were also served by Canadian Pacific during the mid-1940s with these flights subsequently being discontinued.[17] CP Air served Whitehorse during the 1970s with Boeing 737-200 jetliners with direct, no change of plane flights to all of the above named destinations in Canada.[18][19] Other Canadian Pacific flights into the airport over the years were earlier operated with such twin engine prop aircraft as the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, Douglas DC-3, Convair 240, and also with larger, four engine Douglas DC-4 and DC-6B prop aircraft as well as Bristol Britannia turboprops.[20] CP Air was subsequently acquired by Pacific Western Airlines with the combined air carriers then operating as Canadian Airlines International which in turn continued to serve Whitehorse with Boeing 737 jet service into the 1990s before this air carrier was acquired by Air Canada in 2000. Pacific Western had previously served the airport with nonstop Boeing 737-200 jet service to Edmonton, Prince George (with this flight continuing on to Vancouver) and Yellowknife, NWT (with this flight continuing on to Winnipeg) operated at various times during the early and mid 1980s.[21] During the mid and late 1970s, the airport was also served by Winnipeg-based Transair (Canada) which operated Boeing 737-200 and Fokker F28 twin jet service direct to Winnipeg several days a week via intermediate stops at Yellowknife and Churchill, Manitoba.[22][23] Transair was also subsequently acquired by Pacific Western Airlines. Another air carrier which served Whitehorse during the early and mid 1970s was International Jetair operating nonstop flights to Inuvik on the weekdays with continuing one stop service several days a week to Fort Nelson flown with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft.[24]

U.S.-based Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) served Whitehorse during the early 1960s as part of a route linking Seattle with Alaska. Pan Am operated Douglas DC-4 followed by Douglas DC-6B propliners into the airport on a routing of Seattle-Ketchikan-Juneau-Whitehorse-Fairbanks-Galena-Nome.[25]

Several Alaska-based airlines also served Whitehorse in the past. During the 1970s, Wien Air Alaska operated Boeing 737-200 jetliners as well as Fairchild F-27 turboprops into the airport with Anchorage-Fairbanks-Whitehorse-Juneau routings.[26] Era Aviation operated Convair 580 turboprop aircraft nonstop between Anchorage and Whitehorse during the 1980s.[27]

Facilities

The airport has its own fire department with three crash tenders and one supervisor vehicle based at a fire station on the airport grounds.[28]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada	Vancouver[29]
Air Canada Express	Vancouver
Air North	Calgary, Dawson City, Edmonton, Inuvik, Kelowna, Mayo, Vancouver, Victoria, Watson Lake[30] Seasonal: Ottawa, Toronto–Pearson,[31] Yellowknife
Alaska Seaplanes	Seasonal: Juneau
Condor	Seasonal: Frankfurt
WestJet	Seasonal: Calgary

See also

• Whitehorse/Cousins Airport

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

Media related to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Government of Yukon - Whitehorse International Airport
• CF-CPY Wind Vane
• Whitehorse Airport Arrivals
• Whitehorse Airport Departures
• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Whitehorse International Airport from Nav Canada as available.

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Whitehorse

Der Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (Whitehorse International Airport) (IATA: YXY; ICAO: CYXY) befindet sich in Whitehorse im kanadischen Yukon-Territorium. Er wird von der Regierung des Yukon Territoriums betrieben. Am 15. Dezember 2008 wurde der Flughafen zu Ehren des langjährigen Regierungsmitgliedes Erik Nielsen umbenannt.[3]

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- [en] Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Whitehorse Erik Nielsen

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Whitehorse Erik Nielsen (en inglés: Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport) (IATA: YXY, OACI: CYXY) se encuentra ubicado en Whitehorse, Yukón, Canadá. Es parte del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos de Canadá y es operado por el gobierno de Yukón. Este aeropuerto fue nombrado en honor al parlamentario por Yukon Erik Nielsen el 15 de diciembre de 2008[2]

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[fr] Aéroport international Erik Nielsen de Whitehorse

L'aéroport international Erik Nielsen de Whitehorse (code IATA : YXY • code OACI : CYXY), également connu sous de nom d'aéroport international de Whitehorse jusqu'en 2008, est un aéroport international situé dans la ville de Whitehorse au Canada. Il traite environ 300 000 passagers par an et porte le nom de l'ancien député fédéral du territoire du Yukon et vice-premier ministre du Canada Erik Nielsen.

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[ru] Международный аэропорт имени Эрика Нильсена

Международный аэропорт имени Эрика Нильсена — это международный аэропорт, расположенный в городе Уайтхорс, территории Юкон, Канада. Он является частью Национальной системы аэропортов, принадлежит и управляется правительством Юкона[1]. 15 декабря 2008 года аэропорт был переименован в честь давнего члена парламента Юкона Эрика Нильсена[2]. В 2012 году терминал обслужил 294 000 пассажиров, что на 94% больше, чем в 2002 году[3]. К 2017 году это число возросло до 366 000[4]. Аэропорт является базой для авиакомпании Air North[5].

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