Fond-du-Lac Airport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Ministry of Highways & Infrastructure | ||||||||||
Location | Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan | ||||||||||
Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 796 ft / 243 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 59°20′04″N 107°10′55″W / 59.33444°N 107.18194°W | ||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] |
Fond-du-Lac Airport (IATA: ZFD, ICAO: CZFD) is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Airlines and destinations
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[edit]Airlines | Destinations |
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Rise Air | Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Stony Rapids, Uranium City |
Accidents
[edit]The West Wind Aviation Flight 280, an ATR-42 aircraft crashed with 22 passengers and three crew members on board at Fond-du-Lac, approximately 1 km from the airport, immediately after taking off from the airport, on December 13, 2017. The aircraft was destroyed but everyone on board initially survived, although some had serious injuries.[2] One passenger, Arsen Fern Jr., died of his injuries two weeks after the accident.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "All 25 passengers on crashed Fond-du-Lac flight 'accounted for' but some require air ambulance, RCMP say". cbc.ca. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ "Passenger in Fond-du-Lac plane crash has died, family says". cbc.ca. December 27, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018.