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Yellowknife Airport

public airport in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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Summary

Yellowknife Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,451 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yellowknife Airport is located in Yellowknife[3].
  • Yellowknife Airport is located in Northwest Territories[4].
  • Yellowknife Airport is in the country of Canada[5].
  • Yellowknife Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Yellowknife Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[7].
  • Yellowknife is named after Yellowknife Airport[8].
  • Yellowknife Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as YZF[9].
  • Yellowknife Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as CYZF[10].
  • Yellowknife Airport's Commons category is recorded as Yellowknife Airport[11].
  • Yellowknife Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Vancouver International Airport[12].
  • Yellowknife Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Calgary International Airport[13].
  • Yellowknife Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Edmonton International Airport[14].
  • Yellowknife Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport[15].
  • Yellowknife Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Toronto Pearson International Airport[16].
  • Yellowknife Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Rankin Inlet Airport[17].
  • Yellowknife Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 62.463055555556, 'longitude': -114.44027777778}[18].
  • Yellowknife Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/Airports/Yellowknife[19].
  • Yellowknife Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Yellowknife[20].
  • Yellowknife Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1944[21].
  • Yellowknife Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+675'}[22].
  • Yellowknife Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+484015'}[23].
  • Yellowknife Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+449398'}[24].
  • Yellowknife Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+393779'}[25].
  • Yellowknife Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+358699'}[26].
  • Yellowknife Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+327339'}[27].

Body

Geography

Yellowknife Airport is in the country of Canada[5]. Located in include Yellowknife[3], a city[28], in Canada[29], founded in 1936[30] and Northwest Territories[4], a territory of Canada[31], in Canada[32], founded in 1870[33].

Physical Characteristics

Yellowknife Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+675'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[6] and commercial traffic aerodrome[7].

History and Context

Yellowknife is named after Yellowknife Airport[8].

Why It Matters

Yellowknife Airport ranks in the top 1% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,451 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Bradley Air Services Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 22w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Patronage → {'amount': '+484015'}, {'amount': '+449398'}, {'amount': '+393779'} +18
    Official website → https://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/Airports/Yellowknife
    Country → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "CYZF"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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