La Grande Rivière Airport
Airport in Quebec, Canada
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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. Passengers from Nunavik region flying south to Montreal go through security at this airport instead of their origin airport.
La Grande Rivière Airport | |||||||||||
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| 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 (200 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°37′31″N 077°42′15″W | ||||||||||
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  CYGL Location in Quebec | |||||||||||
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| Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3] | |||||||||||
The 4-storey airport terminal was built in 1973 and 1974, and was expanded in 1991 with a new terminal building and several service buildings. Its passenger traffic had a peak of 93,400 in 1977, falling to around 15,000 in 1981.[4]
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.[5] Air Creebec also served the airport until March 2012.[6]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| 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.[7]
- On 1 August 1994, RAF Tornado GR1 ZD844 made an emergency landing at La Grande Rivière Airport. The aircraft had just had a midair collision with another RAF Tornado, ZA397, which then crashed into a nearby reservoir after the crew ejected.