Grande Prairie Airport

Grande Prairie Airport
Grande Prairie Airport
	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 / 55.18194°N 118.88722°W
Map
	CYQU Location in Alberta
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	40,651
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

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 415,634 passengers in 2012. The airport is currently seeing 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, added a restaurant to the second floor and expansion of the terminal to the south and parking space. And now an expansion is already underway to add 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. Sunwing Airlines operates seasonal flights with Boeing 737-800 jetliners to international vacation destinations such as Cancun, Mexico.^[4] 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.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Express	Calgary, Edmonton
WestJet	Calgary
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.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]^[8] 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.^[7]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ http://www.flysunwing.com, Grande Prairie-Cancun flight schedules
^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1943 Canadian Pacific Air Lines system timetable
^ www,timetableimages.com, July 15, 1970 CP Air system timetable
^ ^a ^b North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Feb. 1, 1976 edition, Grande Prairie flight schedules
^ http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Edmonton-Grande Prairie flight schedules

External links

Grande Prairie Airport
Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Grande Prairie Airport from Nav Canada as available.
Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information

[move-3] Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations

[flysunwing.com-4] ttp://www.flysunwing.com, Grande Prairie-Cancun flight schedules

[5] ttp://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1943 Canadian Pacific Air Lines system timetable

[6] www,timetableimages.com, July 15, 1970 CP Air system timetable

[ReferenceA-7] North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Feb. 1, 1976 edition, Grande Prairie flight schedules

[8] ttp://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Edmonton-Grande Prairie flight schedules

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

v t e Airports in Canada
By name	A–B C–D E–G H–K L–M N–Q R–S T–Z
By location indicator	CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ
By province/territory	AB BC MB NB NL NS NT NU ON PE QC SK YT
By area	Bracebridge Calgary Campbell River Edmonton Fergus Fort McMurray Fort Simpson Gulf Islands Lethbridge London Lower Mainland Montreal Okanagan Ottawa Parry Sound Port Carling Prince Rupert Red Deer Sault Ste. Marie St. John's Thunder Bay Toronto Vancouver Island Victoria Winnipeg
National Airports System	Calgary Charlottetown Edmonton Fredericton Gander Halifax Iqaluit Kelowna London Moncton Montréal–Mirabel Montréal–Trudeau Ottawa Prince George Québec Regina Saint John St. John's Saskatoon Thunder Bay Toronto–Pearson Vancouver Victoria Whitehorse Winnipeg Yellowknife
Related	List of airports by ICAO code: C List of the busiest airports in Canada List of defunct airports in Canada List of heliports in Canada List of international airports in Canada List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Canada Operation Yellow Ribbon Transportation in Canada
Category Portal