{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Ekati Airport","iataCode":"YOA","icaoCode":"CYOA","city":"Ekati","country":"CA","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":true,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":64.6988983154,"longitude":-110.614997864},"elevationMeters":468,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Land at Ekati Airport (YOA) and you arrive not at a town but at a working diamond mine, 300 km northwest of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. Operated by the Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, the private airfield is the mine's lifeline: roughly 800 workers fly in and out on two-week shifts, and for most of the year freight resupply arrives solely by air. Only during about ten winter weeks does the 475 km Tibbitt-to-Contwoyto ice road carry fuel and heavy equipment overland. This is indust","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/ekati-airport-yoa","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/ekati-airport-yoa","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Ekati Airport · (IATA: YOA) · Ekati, CA · 468 m · Cargo Hub"}