Fond-du-Lac Airport

For the airport in the United States, see Fond du Lac County Airport.
Fond-du-Lac Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Highways & Infrastructure
LocationFond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL796 ft / 243 m
Coordinates59°20′04″N 107°10′55″W / 59.33444°N 107.18194°W / 59.33444; -107.18194
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CZFD is located in Saskatchewan
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Location in Saskatchewan
CZFD is located in Canada
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CZFD (Canada)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,805 1,160 Treated gravel

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

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Rise Air Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Stony Rapids, Uranium City

Accidents

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

References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Passenger in Fond-du-Lac plane crash has died, family says". cbc.ca. December 27, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018.