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Airport record

Norman Wells Airport

Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada

Scheduled service reported
WGS 84 position 65.28160°, -126.79800° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 238 ft MSL

73 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 5,998 ft

1,828 metres · 10/28

PUBLISHED COMMS 3

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
10/28 5,998 × 150 ft1,828 × 46 m Asphalt 117.0° / 297.0° northwest–southeast Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

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Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
10 LE · low-numbered end 10/28 Reported open 117.0°T 238 ft MSL73 m Not published 65.28560°, -126.81500° Open end map ↗
28 HE · high-numbered end 10/28 Reported open 297.0°T 235 ft MSL72 m Not published 65.27770°, -126.78100° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
A/D 134.825 MHz EDMONTON CNTR
A/G 122.200 MHz MF
FSS 122.200 MHz NORMAN WELLS RDO

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Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.