Gimli Industrial Park Airport

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Gimli Industrial Park Airport
IATA: YGM - ICAO: CYGM
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Rural Municipality of Gimli
Serves		Gimli, Manitoba
Elevation AMSL		753 ft (230 m)
Coordinates		50°37′41″N, 097°02′36″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	6,800	2,073	Asphalt

Gimli Industrial Park Airport, (IATA: YGM, ICAO: CYGM), is a former military field located 2.0 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. The field is now operated as a civilian airport, with one of the original parallel runways decommissioned and now a significant portion of Gimli Motorsport Park.

[edit] History

During World War II, Gimli served as Service Flying Training School #18 in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

In 1983, the airport briefly became famous when an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel over southern Manitoba and successfully glided to a landing at Gimli Motorsport Park[1], though (unfortunately) on the decommissioned runway during a road racing competition. There were no serious injuries, and the incident became known under the name Gimli Glider.

[edit] References

• Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 23 November 2006 to 0901Z 18 January 2007.

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