Airports / Canada / YLT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
310 nm
To the nearest alternate
Qaanaaq Airport (NAQ).
Overview
Located in Alert, Canada, Alert Airport (CYLT / YLT) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 100 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
YLT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Qaanaaq Airport (NAQ, 310 nm), Pituffik Space Base (THU, 366 nm), and Resolute Bay Airport (YRB, 590 nm).
Quotes for flights out of YLT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from YLT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
CYLT
IATA
YLT
FAA / Local
CYLT
Elevation
100 ft
Coordinates
82.5173° N · 62.2830° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 100 ft, YLT sits lower than 87% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 310nmNAQQaanaaq AirportQaanaaq
- 366nmTHUPituffik Space BasePituffik
- 590nmYRBResolute Bay AirportResolute Bay
- 750nmLYRSvalbard Airport, LongyearLongyearbyen
- 810nmJAVIlulissat AirportIlulissat
- 821nmUODNNagurskoye AirfieldAlexandra Land
Location
Open the full mapCYLT · Alert Airport · Alert, Canada