Fort Chipewyan Airport guide

Fort Chipewyan Airport (ICAO CYPY) serves the remote hamlet of Fort Chipewyan on the western shore of Lake Athabasca in northern Alberta. It sits about 5.6 km northeast of the community at an elevation of 761 feet. No highway links Fort Chipewyan to the rest of Alberta, so the airport is the main year-round connection for residents, workers and visitors. A winter ice road supplements it for a few months each year.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 04/22, measuring 5,000 feet (1,524 m). The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo operates the field. Scheduled service is by small aircraft. Air Tindi flies to Edmonton, Fort Smith and Yellowknife, and McMurray Aviation flies to Fort McMurray. Charter operators also use the field for medical, cargo and passenger flights.

Traffic is light, and the airport publishes no annual passenger count. Services are basic, so travellers should confirm schedules and ground arrangements with their carrier before departure.