Fort Severn Airport

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Fort Severn Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of Ontario - MTO
LocationFort Severn First Nation
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
  Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL51 ft / 16 m
Coordinates56°01′08″N 087°40′34″W / 56.01889°N 87.67611°W / 56.01889; -87.67611
Map
CYER is located in Ontario
CYER
CYER
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 3,519 1,073 Gravel
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]

Fort Severn Airport (IATA: YER, ICAO: CYER) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Fort Severn First Nation, Ontario, Canada.

Airlines and destinations

As of September 2025, the Fort Severn airport is served by the following airlines:[3]

AirlinesDestinations
Wasaya Airways Sioux Lookout

Accidents and incidents

  • On 25 September 1975, Douglas C-47A CF-AII of Ilford-Riverton Airways crashed short of the runway, killing all three people on board. The aircraft was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight.[4]

References

  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 2 October 2025 to 0901Z 27 November 2025.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Flightradar24. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  4. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 August 2010.