Fort Severn Airport

Fort Severn Airport
IATA: YER – ICAO: CYER – WMO: 71099
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Ontario
Location	Fort Severn First Nation
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	56°01′08″N 087°40′34″W / 56.01889°N 87.67611°W / 56.01889; -87.67611Coordinates: 56°01′08″N 087°40′34″W / 56.01889°N 87.67611°W / 56.01889; -87.67611
Map
CYER Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 3,518 1,072 Gravel
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2]

Fort Severn Airport, (IATA: YER, ICAO: CYER), is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Fort Severn First Nation, Ontario, Canada. It is served by Wasaya Airways with connections to Sioux Lookout and Big Trout Lake.

Accidents and incidents

• On 25 September 1975, Douglas C-47A CF-AII of Ilford-Riverton Airways crashed short of the runway, killing all three people on board. The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
2. ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
3. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 August 2010. 

External links

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Fort Severn Airport from Nav Canada as available.
• Wasaya Airways