Déline Airport (CYWJ), Northwest Territories
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Déline Airport (CYWJ) is a low-traffic gravel-runway field in Canada's Northwest Territories. It serves general aviation and business traffic on a single east-west runway, with the nearest customs facility located well outside the immediate area.
Runways
Déline Airport has one unpaved runway, 08/26, 3,933 ft long and 99 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Déline Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is CEN9, 291 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Déline Airport recorded 144 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Cross-border traffic at CYWJ, as seen by the FAA, peaks in July and trails to lower levels in April, May, and September.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 18 movements in 2025.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity at the airfield.
Source: FAA TFMSC, cross-border movements, 2025.
Climate
Déline Airport averages 0.3 days above 90°F in July, 31.0 freeze days in January and 1.7 snow days in November. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 67.3°F, and January the coldest, at -5.1°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Déline Airport has two alternates within 85 NM. The nearest alternate is Tulita Airport (CZFN), 56.98 NM west.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYWJ
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at CYWJ.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
What runway is available at CYWJ?
CYWJ has a single runway, 08/26, measuring 3,933 feet long and 99 feet wide with a gravel surface. There is no paved runway at Déline Airport, which limits the aircraft types that can operate there.
Where is the nearest customs facility to Déline Airport?
The nearest customs point to CYWJ is CEN9, located approximately 291 nautical miles away. Operators planning international arrivals into Déline Airport need to account for this distance when routing through Canadian customs.
How much cross-border business aviation traffic does CYWJ see?
According to FAA TFMSC data, CYWJ recorded 144 business aviation operations in the 2025 traffic year as seen at the border. Monthly volumes at Déline Airport are low and vary, with July showing the highest count and April, May, and September the lowest.