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Churchill Airport
Churchill Airport
	IATA: YYQ; ICAO: CYYQ; WMO: 71913;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Transport Canada
Location	Churchill, Manitoba
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	96 ft / 29 m
Coordinates	58°44′21″N 094°03′59″W / 58.73917°N 94.06639°W
Map
	CYYQ Location in Manitoba
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	10,329
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

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Churchill Airport (IATA: YYQ, ICAO: CYYQ) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east southeast^[1] of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Churchill Airport serves the town of Churchill and the surrounding region. Although it is a small domestic airport, it handles a relatively high number of passengers throughout the year as it is a major destination for ecotourism and Arctic research. Churchill airport also serves as a transfer airport for passengers and cargo travelling between Winnipeg and remote communities in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. With a 9,200 foot runway, the airport can handle aircraft as large as a Boeing 747 or Boeing 777 that are forced to make emergency landings.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Calm Air	Arviat, Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbour, Rankin Inlet, Repulse Bay, Thompson, Whale Cove, Winnipeg^[4]
Kivalliq Air	Arviat, Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove, Winnipeg^[5]

Cultural references

CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge got his start in broadcasting when an employee of the local CBC Radio station in Churchill heard Mansbridge's voice on the public address system at Churchill Airport.

References

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

^ ^a ^b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ http://www.calmair.com/schedules.html
^ http://www.keewatinair.ca/travel/flight-schedules.html

External links

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

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

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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

[4] ttp://www.calmair.com/schedules.html

[5] ttp://www.keewatinair.ca/travel/flight-schedules.html

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