Banff Airport

Banff Airport (IATA: YBA, ICAO: CYBA) is located 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km; 2.0 mi) northeast of Banff, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Parks Canada, as it is located within Banff National Park.

Banff Airport
IATA: YBA ICAO: CYBA
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Parks Canada
Location	Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	4,583 ft / 1,397 m
Coordinates	51°12′30″N 115°32′25″W
Map
CYBA Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 3,000 914 Turf/snow
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

After about ten years of being closed, the airstrip was reopened in 2007. Local environmentalists^[who?] criticized the decision, saying that the decade of closure had had positive effects on local wildlife.^{[citation needed]} The airstrip is only used for emergency and diversionary landings.^[2]