Alert Airport

Alert Airport
Alert Airport
	IATA: YLT; ICAO: CYLT; WMO: 71355;
Summary
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 / 82.51778°N 62.28056°W
Map
	CYLT Location in Nunavut
Runways
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada

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.

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2013-06-28 at the Wayback Machine

[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2013-06-28 at the Wayback Machine

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