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Fort Simpson Airport is located east southeast of
Fort Simpson Fort Simpson (Slavey language: ''Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́'' "place where rivers come together") is a village, the only one in the entire territory, in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located on an ...
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Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
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Airlines and destinations


Accidents and incidents

*On 26 June 1994,
Douglas C-47A The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, and SAAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in ...
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Buffalo Airways Buffalo Airways is a family-run airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, established in 1970. Buffalo Airways was launched by Bob Gauchie and later sold to one of his pilots, Joe McBryan (aka "Buffalo Joe"). It operates charte ...
crashed on approach due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was on a cargo flight from
Trout Lake Airport This is a list of airports in Washington (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports th ...
. There were two crews on board at that time. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was written off.


See also

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List of airports in the Fort Simpson area The following active airports serve the area around Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada: See also *List of airports in the Northwest Territories References {{List of airports in Canada Fort Simpson Fort Simpson Fort Simpson ...


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{{authority control Certified airports in the Dehcho Region