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Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport (CYHY) serves the town of Hay River on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. The field sits at 531 feet elevation and offers a pair of hard-surfaced runways, including one served by an ILS, making it a useful stop for pilots operating in this remote northern region.
Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport, identified by the ICAO code CYHY, lies at Hay River, Northwest Territories, at an elevation of 531 feet. The aerodrome offers two paved runways, one of which is equipped with an ILS approach, giving it more capable instrument infrastructure than many airfields in this part of the territory. For a visiting VFR pilot it represents a well-equipped waypoint in a sparsely served area, with hard, lit runways suitable for a range of aircraft.
The airport is located in Canada's Northwest Territories, in the vicinity of Hay River on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake. Radio communications reference both Yellowknife and Edmonton area control, indicating the field lies within airspace worked by these centres; pilots transiting the region should expect to coordinate with one or both depending on routing and altitude.
The airport has two physical runways. Runway 14/32 is the longer of the pair at 5,960 feet, with a hard surface and lighting, and an ILS serving runway 32. Runway 05/23 is 3,955 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit, but without an instrument landing system.
The aerodrome traffic (A/D) frequency is 126.7 MHz. Yellowknife Radio and Edmonton Center traffic is referenced on 133.85 MHz. The mandatory frequency (UNICOM), which pilots must use when operating in the vicinity of the field, is 122.3 MHz. An ILS is available for runway 32.
Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport operates under mandatory frequency (MF) procedures, requiring pilots to establish and maintain radio contact on 122.3 MHz when operating in the airport vicinity. The presence of an ILS on runway 32 supports instrument approaches into the field.
