Alert Airport
Airport in Alert, Nunavut, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alert Airport (IATA: YLT, ICAO: CYLT) is located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately 830 km (520 mi) south of the true North Pole. It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert. A weather station was established on the site in 1950, and in 1957 construction began on the military facilities which are still in use to this day. It is the northernmost airport in the world, although not used by public scheduled flights.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Operator | DND / 1CdnAirDiv Alert AMO Ottawa | ||||||||||
Location | Alert, Nunavut | ||||||||||
Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 100 ft / 30 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 82°31′04″N 062°16′50″W | ||||||||||
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