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Fort Simpson Airport

airport in Northwest Territories, Canada
Place airport Q3506240
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Fort Simpson Airport

Summary

Fort Simpson Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Simpson Airport is located in Northwest Territories[3].
  • Fort Simpson Airport is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Fort Simpson Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • Fort Simpson Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • Fort Simpson Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as YFS[7].
  • Fort Simpson Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as CYFS[8].
  • Fort Simpson Airport's located in time zone is recorded as America/Edmonton[9].
  • Fort Simpson Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 61.760277777778, 'lon': -121.23666666667}[10].
  • Fort Simpson Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+556'}[11].
  • Fort Simpson Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 61.7602, 'lon': -121.237}[12].

Body

Geography

Fort Simpson Airport is in the country of Canada[4]. It is located in Northwest Territories[3].

Physical Characteristics

Fort Simpson Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+556'}[11].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5] and commercial traffic aerodrome[6].

Why It Matters

Fort Simpson Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . open.canada.ca. open.canada.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Coordinates → —
    Located in → —
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "CYFS"]
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "CYFS"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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