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Banff Airport is a small uncontrolled airstrip set among the Rocky Mountains near the townsite of Banff, Alberta, notable chiefly for its high field elevation of 4,583 feet. It offers a single grass runway pair and is used only under visual flight rules, making it a distinctive high-altitude destination for sim pilots exploring the Canadian Rockies.
Banff Airport (ICAO CYBA) is a small general aviation field lying close to the town of Banff, Alberta, in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It has a single grass runway pair and no instrument approach aids, so all operations are conducted visually. Its principal point of interest for a simulator pilot is its considerable elevation of 4,583 feet, which brings real high-altitude, mountain-flying character to approaches and departures.
The airfield sits within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, roughly 110 to 180 kilometres west of Calgary, at coordinates 51.2 N, 115.533 W. It is an uncontrolled aerodrome, with Edmonton Centre and Edmonton Radio providing area advisory and flight information services in the wider airspace. The closest airport handling long-haul flights is Calgary International Airport (YYC), which lies well to the east.
Banff Airport has one physical runway, aligned 18/36, with a grass surface measuring 2,840 feet in length. There is no ILS, and no lighting or additional runways are recorded.
The field is designated for use of an Aerodrome Traffic Frequency: Banff Traffic on 123.3 MHz. Edmonton Centre can be reached on 133.75 MHz, and Edmonton Radio on 123.55 MHz. No navaids or instrument approach procedures are established at the airfield, reflecting its visual-only status.
