Fond-du-Lac Airport

Fond-du-Lac Airport, (IATA: ZFD, ICAO: CZFD), is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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
Map
CZFD
Location in Saskatchewan
CZFD
CZFD (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,805 1,160 Treated gravel

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Transwest Air La Ronge, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Stony Rapids, Uranium City

Accidents

  • The West Wind Aviation Flight 280, an ATR-42 aircraft crashed with 22 passengers and 3 crews on board at Fond-du-Lac, approximately 1 km from the airport, immediately after taking off from the airport, on Dec 13, 2017. The aircraft was destroyed but everyone on board initially survived, although some with serious injuries.[2] One passenger, Arsen Fern Jr., died of his injuries two weeks after the accident.[3]

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. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  3. "Passenger in Fond-du-Lac plane crash has died, family says". cbc.ca. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2018-05-25.


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