The airport—which lies between two rivers and has a field elevation of 541 feet—was one of the hardest hit areas. [YouTube screenshot]
Key Takeaways:
The community of Hay River, NWT, including its airport (CYHY), is completely submerged due to unprecedented flooding from rain, snowmelt, and ice flows.
All 3,500 residents of Hay River were rapidly evacuated due to the quickly rising and volatile water levels and dynamic ice jams.
The Hay River airport, a critical lifeline for the remote community's travel and supplies, is severely impacted and confirmed to be underwater.
The entire community of Hay River in the Northwest Territories is underwater due to rain, snow melt and ice flows—and that includes the airport, Hay River/Meryln Carter Airport (CYHY).
Photos published by Canadian media show the airport completely inundated with water and ice. Hay River is located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake just north of the Alberta.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
