Yarmouth Airport

Final approach, runway 24

IATA: YQI
ICAO: CYQI
WMO: 71603

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner/Operator

Yarmouth irport Commission

Location

Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

Time zone

AST (UTC−04:00)

• Summer (DST)

ADT (UTC−03:00)

Elevation AMSL

140 ft / 43 m

Coordinates

43°49′38″N 066°05′18″W / 43.82722°N 66.08833°WCoordinates: 43°49′38″N 066°05′18″W / 43.82722°N 66.08833°W

Website

yarmouthairport.ca

Map

CYQI

Location in Nova Scotia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
06/24	6,000	1,829	Asphalt
15/33	5,000	1,524	Asphalt

Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Airport Divestiture Status Report
Environment Canada

Yarmouth Airport (IATA: YQI, ICAO: CYQI) is located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It began as a World War II Royal Air Force training base.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 110 passengers or 225 if offloaded in stages.

In 1936, the Department of National Defence selected the site as a base for Maritime patrol aircraft. The airbase had two parts, East Camp and West Camp. The West Camp was home to the Royal Canadian Air Force while the East Camp was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. At East camp, the Royal Air Force's No. 34 Operational Training Unit (OTU) was located at Yarmouth from April 1942 to June 1942, but was then relocated to RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick in June 1942. In November 1942 the Royal Navy established the No. 1 Naval Air Gunnery School (NAGS), flying the Fairey Swordfish. No. 1 NAGS ceased operations in March 1945.

In addition to the Naval Air Gunnery School, several individual squadrons and units called RCAF Yarmouth home at various times during the war, including:

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