Churchill Airport

Churchill Airport
Churchill Airport
	IATA: YYQ; ICAO: CYYQ; WMO: 71913;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Transport Canada
Location	Churchill, Manitoba
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	96 ft / 29 m
Coordinates	58°44′21″N 094°03′59″W / 58.73917°N 94.06639°W
Map
	CYYQ Location in Manitoba CYYQ CYYQ (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	10,329
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

Churchill Airport (IATA: YYQ, ICAO: CYYQ) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east-southeast^[1] of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The airport serves the town of Churchill and the surrounding region. Although it is a small domestic airport, it handles a relatively high number of passengers throughout the year as Churchill is a major destination for ecotourism and scientific research. Churchill Airport also serves as a transfer airport for passengers and cargo travelling between Winnipeg and remote communities in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut.

History

The airport was originally part of the Fort Churchill military installation built by the United States Army Air Forces, with the permission of the Canadian government, during the Second World War.^[4] Facilities at Fort Churchill supported the Canadian and American operations of the nearby Churchill Rocket Research Range beginning in the 1950s.^[5] The airport at Fort Churchill later served as a Strategic Air Command base housing the 3949th Air Base Squadron of the 813th Strategic Aerospace Division.^[4] The 9,195-foot (2,803 m) asphalt runway is still maintained and the airport serves as a diversion airport for jet aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747 or Boeing 777 that are forced to make emergency landings.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Calm Air	Arviat, Winnipeg^[7]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ ^a ^b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ ^a ^b Goldsborough, Gordon; Worth, Tim (March 3, 2017). "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Churchill (Churchill)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ Taylor, C. J. (2002). "Exploring Northern Skies: The Churchill Research Range". Manitoba History. 44. Retrieved March 26, 2017. The presence of the military establishment at Fort Churchill was a key element in the selection of the [future Churchill Rocket Research Range] site as a rocket facility.
^ "Jet makes emergency landing in Churchill". CBC News. October 17, 2002. Retrieved March 26, 2017. The Churchill airport is used for emergency landings because one of its runways is large enough to handle big planes.
^ "Schedule: November 2021" (PDF). Calm Air International LP. Retrieved November 15, 2021.

External links

Media related to Churchill Airport at Wikimedia Commons

COPA Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Churchill Airport from Nav Canada as available.

[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[move-3] Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations

[fort_churchill_mhs-4] Goldsborough, Gordon; Worth, Tim (March 3, 2017). "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Churchill (Churchill)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[5] Taylor, C. J. (2002). "Exploring Northern Skies: The Churchill Research Range". Manitoba History. 44. Retrieved March 26, 2017. The presence of the military establishment at Fort Churchill was a key element in the selection of the [future Churchill Rocket Research Range] site as a rocket facility.

[6] "Jet makes emergency landing in Churchill". CBC News. October 17, 2002. Retrieved March 26, 2017. The Churchill airport is used for emergency landings because one of its runways is large enough to handle big planes.

[7] "Schedule: November 2021" (PDF). Calm Air International LP. Retrieved November 15, 2021.

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