AirportsFort Good Hope Airport is a small airport serving Fort Good Hope, in Northwest Territories, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YGH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YGH
- ICAO code
- CYGH
- City
- Fort Good Hope
- State or region
- Northwest Territories
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 66.2407° N, 128.6478° W
- Elevation
- 82 m (268 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,351 m (4,434 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YGH means Fort Good Hope Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYGH. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 66.2407° N, 128.6478° W. It stands 82 metres (268 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Fort Good Hope Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,351 metres (4,434 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 134.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,351 m 4,434 ft | 30 m | Gravel | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Norman Wells AirportNorman Wells | YVQ | 136 km |
| Tommy Kochon AirportColville Lake | YCK | 141 km |
| Tulita AirportTulita | ZFN | 205 km |
| Fort Mcpherson AirportFort Mcpherson | ZFM | 301 km |
| Inuvik Mike Zubko AirportInuvik | YEV | 309 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,249 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,357 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,836 km | 12 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,214 km | 8 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,388 km | 5 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,654 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,439 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,500 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,010 km | 16 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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