| Northern Rockies Regional Airport | |
| Nativename: | Fort Nelson Airport |
| Iata: | YYE |
| Icao: | CYYE |
| Wmo: | 71945 |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Northern Rockies Regional Municipality |
| Location: | Fort Nelson, British Columbia |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Elevation-F: | 1,253 |
| Coordinates: | 58.8364°N -122.5969°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
| Pushpin Label: | CYYE |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in British Columbia |
| Website: | https://www.northernrockies.ca/en/live-here/regional-airport.aspx |
| R1-Number: | 04/22 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,402 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 08/26 |
| R2-Length-F: | 3,587 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2010 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat1-Data: | 21,371 |
| Footnotes: | Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada[1] Movements from Statistics Canada[2] |
Northern Rockies Regional Airport (Fort Nelson Airport) is located 3.8NM east northeast of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Fort Nelson, British Columbia at 58.8333°N -162°W with a variation of 34 degrees east and elevation of 1170feet. The aerodrome was listed as "Under Construction - Servicable" with two runways listed as follows:[3]
| Runway name | Length | Width | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/20 | 6400feet | 200feet | Hard Surfaced | |
| 7/25 | 4800feet | 200feet | Hard Surfaced |
Commencing during the early 1940s, scheduled passenger service was operated in the past by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines International to Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Prince George, British Columbia; Fort St. John, British Columbia, Watson Lake, Yukon and Whitehorse, Yukon. CP Air served the airport with Boeing 737-200 jetliners during the 1970s with direct, no change of plane flights to all of the above destinations.[4] [5] Other Canadian Pacific flights into the airport over the years were operated with such twin engine prop aircraft as the Lockheed Lodestar, the Douglas DC-3 and the Convair 240 as well as with the larger, four engine Douglas DC-6B propliner and the Bristol Britannia turboprop.[6] Another airline which served Fort Nelson during the mid 1970s was International Jetair operating nonstop flights several days a week to Inuvik with continuing one stop service to Whitehorse, Yukon flown with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft.[7] In 1994, Canadian Partner code sharing service on behalf of Canadian Airlines International was being operated with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 turboprops and/or Fokker F28 Fellowship jets to the airport from Vancouver, Edmonton, Grande Prairie and Fort St. John.[8]