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FS2004 Scenery--Sachs Harbour (CYSY) in NT Canada. Sachs Harbour is on the southwest coast of Banks Island, around 240 miles northeast of Tuktoyaktuk and 180 miles northwest of Ulukhaktok. The village is the only permanent settlement on the island, and is located where it is to benefit from the harbor shelter provided by offshore islands. The population is only 130 or so folks, who live on hunting and fishing with some tourism. The airfield is on the plateau just above the village at 282 feet ASL. The gravel runway 084T/264T (true bearings in Northern Domestic Airspace) is 4000' long and 100' wide and lit. The apron is on the south side at the center of the runway and there is a new terminal building; JetA fuel is available. Aklak Airlines flights fly to Sachs Harbour from Inuvik three times a week in summer and twice a week at other times. To the west of the airfield are the deserted buildings of what was once a Department Of Transport weather station. By Roger Wensley.