Voisey's Bay Aerodrome
Appearance
Voisey's Bay Aerodrome | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Operator | Vale Inco | ||||||||||
Serves | Voisey's Bay Mine | ||||||||||
Location | Voisey's Bay | ||||||||||
Time zone | AST (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 246 ft / 75 m | ||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] |
Voisey's Bay Aerodrome, (TC LID: CVB2), is located adjacent to Voisey's Bay Mine, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Provincial Airlines provides daily scheduled charter service to Voisey's Bay using Dash 8's and Twin Otters. Provincial also has dispatch located on the field which also provides weather, airport and traffic advisory services to aircraft using the airstrip. Canadian Helicopters is also located on site. In August 2011 the airport became certified with an LPV approach onto runway 29 which is now used by both the Dash 8's and Twin Otters. It was updated from a typical RNAV A approach which is also still used.
References
Skyvector listing <http://skyvector.com/airport/CVB2/Voiseys-Bay-Airport>