Fort Smith Airport guide

Fort Smith Airport serves Fort Smith, a town of about 2,250 people in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories. The town sits on the Slave River against the Alberta border. The ICAO code is CYSM. The airport was built in 1928, and the Government of the Northwest Territories operates it.

Two runways serve the field. Runway 12/30 is asphalt and measures 1,829 m (6,001 ft), long enough for the turboprop and small jet aircraft that connect the region. Runway 03/21 is a 548 m (1,797 ft) gravel and asphalt strip with no winter maintenance. The field elevation is 205 m (673 ft). Statistics Canada recorded 1,944 aircraft movements in 2010.

Air Tindi flies scheduled services to Yellowknife, about 300 km to the northwest, as well as to Edmonton and Fort Chipewyan. Northwestern Air also operates scheduled and charter flights in the region. Fort Smith is also reachable year-round by the Fort Smith Highway, so the airport is one of two ways in, alongside the road. Confirm routes and schedules with the carrier before travelling, as services change.