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Whitehorse, Yukon Ter., Canada: World's Largest Weather Vane

An actual DC-3 atop a pole that spins to point into the wind.

Address:
Hwy 1, Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Directions:
North side of Whitehorse International Airport, alongside Hwy 1.
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World's Largest Weather Vane.

World's Largest Weather Vane

The DC-3 weather vane still spins at Whitehorse International Airport.

[Anna Langdon, 08/11/2016]
World's Largest Weather Vane

There's a large prop plane, a DC-3, at Whitehorse International Airport, that spins on a pole and points into the wind. It was put in place in 1988, taken down for a paint job in 1998, and reinstalled in September 2001.

[Roadside America, 03/09/2003]

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