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°WCoordinates: 58°44′21″N 094°03′59″W / 58.73917°N 94.06639°W

Map

CYYQ

Location in Manitoba

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
07/25	4,000	1,219	Gravel
15/33	9,195	2,803	Asphalt

Statistics (2010)

Aircraft movements	10,329

Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Environment Canada
Movements from Statistics Canada

Aircraft movements	10,329

Churchill Airport (IATA: YYQ, ICAO: CYYQ) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east southeast 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.

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. Facilities at Fort Churchill supported the Canadian and American operations of the nearby Churchill Rocket Research Range beginning in the 1950s. 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. The 9,195 feet (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.

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