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Flight Status at Yellowknife Airport Arrivals and Departures

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Distance to Yellowknife4.1km
Distance to Old Fort Providence26.8km
Most popular destinationDublin

Information about Yellowknife Airport

Flight delays and cancellations

Check our Yellowknife Airport live flight tracker to see whether today’s Yellowknife Airport flight arrivals or departures are on time. If your flight is cancelled, it’s best to contact your airline to see what your options are.

Yellowknife arrivals information

Yellowknife Airport is 4.1km from the centre of Yellowknife. If you don’t want to reach your final destination by train or bus, you could take a taxi from the Yellowknife Airport Arrivals area, or see more of Canada by hiring a car.

Car hire from Yellowknife Airport

If you want to see more of Canada after you touch down, consider hiring a car from Yellowknife Airport. Providers like Hertz have pick-up spots at YZF Arrivals – find out more here.


Yellowknife Airport FAQs

Yes, Air Canada operates to and from both Yellowknife Airport Arrivals and Departures.
Yes. There are Hertz, National and Budget pick-up points in or near to Yellowknife Airport’s Arrivals or Departures areas.
For international arrivals, it usually takes around an hour to clear Yellowknife Airport’s passport control and claim your baggage if you checked any in. Domestic arrivals to Yellowknife Airport don’t need to pass through passport control, so take a little less time.

If you’re heading to Yellowknife Airport arrivals to pick up a family member or friend, consider arriving half an hour after their flight is due to touch down.
We recommend you leave at least two and a half hours between your inbound and outbound flights, especially if you are self-transferring on an international flight. When you self-transfer, you may need to clear customs, claim any luggage and then check it back on to your next flight yourself. Take into account that you might need to change terminals, or it could take longer than necessary to navigate Yellowknife Airport’s departure lounge.
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Check-in and bag drop often close an hour before your scheduled departure time for domestic flights, and sometimes an hour and a half before for longer-haul international flights. As a rule of thumb, you should try to arrive at Yellowknife Airport two hours before you fly but check with the airline you’re flying with.
Don’t worry if there’s no information available on our live flight tracker. We try our best to pull it directly from each airline but sometimes this might not work properly. Try contacting the airline directly, or checking their website to see if you can get an update.
Don’t panic! If you are not already at Yellowknife Airport, try contacting the airline directly to see if you can get on the next flight out, or a refund.

If you’re already inside Yellowknife Airport Departures when you find out, head to the airline’s desk to speak directly with someone.

If there are no more flights to your destination with the same airline and you really need to get there soon, we recommend searching for a new flight with Skyscanner and booking as soon as possible. You can then try to claim a refund for the original cancelled flight.

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