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La Grande Riviere Airport |
La Grande Rivière Airport (IATA: YGL, ICAO: CYGL) is an airfield location about 30 km (19 mi) south southwest of Radisson, Quebec, Canada. It is used mostly to shuttle Hydro-Québec personnel between Radisson and the larger cities in Quebec, but it is also served by regular scheduled flights of Air Inuit.
Air Creebec also served the airport until March 2012.
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La Grande Riviere Airport. |
During the mid and late 1970s, Nordair operated scheduled passenger flights nonstop to Montreal Dorval Airport (now Trudeau International Airport) with Boeing 737-200 jetliners on a weekly basis.
| La Grande Rivière Airport |
- IATA: YGL
- ICAO: CYGL
- WMO: 71827
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| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public |
| Operator |
Société de Développement de la Baie James |
| Serves |
Radisson, Quebec |
| Time zone |
EST (UTC−05:00) |
| Summer (DST) |
EDT (UTC−04:00) |
| Elevation AMSL |
640 ft / 195 m |
| Coordinates |
53°37′31″N
077°42′15″W |
| Map |
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Location in Quebec
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| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
13/31 |
6,487 |
1,977 |
Asphalt |
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| Statistics (2010) |
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air Inuit |
Kuujjuarapik, Montréal-Trudeau, Puvirnituq |
Accidents and incidents
- On 15 November 1975, Douglas C-47 C-FCSC of Nordair was damaged beyond economic repair by fire at La Grande Rivière Airport.
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| General Info
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| Country |
Canada
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| ICAO ID |
CYGL
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| Latitude |
53.625278
53° 37' 31.00" N
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| Longitude |
-77.704167
077° 42' 15.00" W
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| Elevation |
639 feet
195 meters
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| Type |
Civil
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| Magnetic Variation |
017° W (01/06)
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| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
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| Daylight Saving Time |
Second Sunday in March at 0200 to first Sunday in November at 0200 local time (Exception Arizona and that portion of Indiana in the Eastern Time Zone)
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| Communications
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| RDO |
122.3
282.3
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| QUEBEC RDO |
126.7
123.25
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| MONTREAL CNTR |
132.1
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| MF |
122.3
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| Communications Remarks |
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| RCO |
(RCO).
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| RDO |
Emerg only C819-638-8513.
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| CNTR |
(APP DEP CON svc)
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| Runways
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ID
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Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 13/31 |
6500 x 150 feet
1981 x 46 meters |
ASPHALT |
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NO
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
YGL |
LA GRANDE RIVIERE |
059X |
112.2 |
At Field |
-
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| NDB |
GL |
LA GRANDE RIVIERE |
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201 |
At Field |
-
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet B, Wide cut turbine fuel, Without icing inhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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