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Grande Prairie Airport

Grande Prairie Airport (IATA: YQU, ICAO: CYQU) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) 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 446,000 passengers in 2014 and 436,000 in 2015, ranking among the busiest regional airports in Canada.

The airport has seen passenger traffic growth due to the economic and population growth of the city. The terminal, originally built in 1981, has undergone extensive renovations which increased space, added a restaurant to the second floor and expansion of the terminal to the south and parking space. Further expansion added another gate, baggage carousel, and office space for customs use.

The airport also widely serves recreational traffic, including having destinations served by regional air carriers Air Canada Express and WestJet Encore each with propjet flights to Edmonton and Calgary, along with charter traffic, and traffic caused by the high density oil and gas industry in the area. Currently the airport is served by a Flight Service Station, and is a Class «E» airspace. The airport also currently serves the Royal Canadian Air Cadets Peace Region Gliding Program, who currently fly the Schweizer 2-33A glider off a typical winch launch set up.

Grande Prairie Airport
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  • IATA: YQU
  • ICAO: CYQU
  • WMO: 71940
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Grande Prairie Airport Commission
Location Grande Prairie, Alberta
Time zone MST (UTC-07:00)
Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-06:00)
Elevation AMSL 2,196 ft / 669 m
Coordinates 55°10'55″N 118°53'14″W
Map
CYQU is located in Alberta

CYQU
Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 6,200 1,890 Asphalt
12/30 8,502 2,591 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 40,651

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Canada Express Calgary, Edmonton
WestJet Encore Calgary, Edmonton

Historical airline service

Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines International served Grande Prairie for many years. Canadian Pacific commenced service to Grande Prairie in the early 1940s. During the 1970s and 1980s, CP Air was operating Boeing 737-200 jetliners into the airport with flights to Edmonton, Vancouver, Prince George, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Whitehorse. Time Air, an Alberta-based regional airline, also served Grande Prairie during the 1970s with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop flights to Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer.

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General Info
Country Canada
ICAO ID CYQU
Latitude 55.179722
55° 10' 47.00" N
Longitude -118.885000
118° 53' 06.00" W
Elevation 2195 feet
669 meters
Type Civil
Magnetic Variation 019° E (08/06)
Beacon Yes
Operating Agency MUNICIPAL
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)


Communications
EDMONTON RDO 122.5
126.7
RDO 118.1
EDMONTON CNTR 134.5
ATIS 128.6
MF GRAND PRAIRIE RDO 118.1
Communications Remarks
FSS (Emerg only C780-539-5185)


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
07/25 6200 x 200 feet
1890 x 61 meters
ASPHALT 054FCXT NO
12/30 6500 x 200 feet
1981 x 61 meters
ASPHALT 054FCXT NO


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
VOR-DME YQU GRANDE PRAIRIE 078X 113.1 5.0 NM 064.0
NDB QU GRANDE PRAIRIE - 221 3.5 NM 294.0


Supplies/Equipment
Fuel Jet B, Wide cut turbine fuel, Without icing inhibitor.

100/130 octane gasoline, leaded, MIL-L-5572F (GREEN)



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