Grande Prairie Airport

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Grande Prairie Airport
IATA: YQU – ICAO: CYQU
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grande Prairie Airport Commission
Location Grande Prairie, Alberta
Elevation AMSL 2,195 ft / 669 m
Coordinates 55°10′47″N 118°53′06″W / 55.17972, -118.885
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 6,200 1,890 Asphalt
12/30 6,500 1,981 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft Movements 38,847
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Statistics from Transport Canada.[2]

Grande Prairie Airport (IATA: YQUICAO: CYQU) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west northwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It is the largest airport in the Peace River Country of northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, having served 330,009 passengers in 2006[3]. The airport is currently seeing extremely high passenger traffic growth due to the high economic and population growth of the city. The terminal was originally built in 1981, and recently completed its extensive renovations which increased space, and added a restaurant to the second floor. Expansion of the terminal to the south and parking space, originally planned for 2014, is now being rescheduled for as early as 2007.

[edit] Airlines

  • Air Canada Jazz (Calgary, Edmonton)
  • WestJet (Edmonton)
  • Swanberg Air (Calgary, Sandspit (during fishing season only), Vancouver)
  • Sunwest Home Aviation (Edson, Peace River)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 10 April 2008 to 0901Z 5 June 2008
  2. ^ Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007
  3. ^ Air Carrier Traffic at Canadian Airports 2006 (Statistics Canada) Cat. no. 51-203-X

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