Is it safe to fly to/from Yellowstone Airport (WYS)?

WYS has 4 accidents (2 fatal accidents, 4 deaths, last 2025) in the NTSB record, 2008–2025. No accident rate is printed: no FAA ATADS movements are sourced for this airport.

AIRPORTS → WYS

WYS

Yellowstone Airport

West Yellowstone, United States · KWYS

CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY

99.999993%

This is the worldwide boarding figure, not WYS's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. WYS's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.

FLIGHTS / YEAR

38.7M

DEATH RISK

1 / 13.7M boardings

SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED

AIRPORT FACTS

IATA / ICAOWYS / KWYS

CityWest Yellowstone

CountryUnited States

Airport classMedium airport

Runways1

Longest runway2,560 m (8,400 ft)

Coordinates44.688, -111.118

Its longest runway beats 54% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports, public domain.

NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — WYS §

4 accidents (2 fatal accidents, 4 deaths, last 2025) in the NTSB record, 2008–2025. §

No rate printed: no FAA ATADS movements are sourced for WYS — an accident count with no departures denominator isn't a rate.

NTSB Aviation Accident Database (avall.mdb)

Checked 2026-07-10.

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Statistically Fine — WYS — Yellowstone Airport safety record
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We don't know which airlines or aircraft actually serve WYS — that data isn't wired in yet. These search the full sourced directories.

EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT WYS DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →

BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓

These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real WYS arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.

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