Michel-Pouliot Gaspé Airport

Michel-Pouliot Gaspé Airport
Gaspé (Michel-Pouliot) Airport
IATA: YGP – ICAO: CYGP
– WMO: 71188
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Municipality of Gaspé
Serves Gaspé, Quebec
Location Gaspé, Quebec
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates 48°46′31″N 064°28′47″W / 48.77528°N 64.47972°W / 48.77528; -64.47972Coordinates: 48°46′31″N 064°28′47″W / 48.77528°N 64.47972°W / 48.77528; -64.47972
Website www.ville.gaspe.qc.ca
Map
CYGP

Location in Quebec

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 4,487 1,368 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 4,506
Number of Passengers 21,000 (appx.)
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]
Passengers from Town of Gaspe Site.[4]

Michel-Pouliot Gaspé Airport or Gaspé (Michel-Pouliot) Airport, (IATA: YGP, ICAO: CYGP), is located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. The airport is non-towered, but has a mandatory frequency linked remotely to the flight service station (FSS) located in Mont-Joli. There are instrument approaches available for poor weather.

Both the city and airport are located in a valley that is orientated in a more or less east-west direction, with the eastern end open to the ocean and the western end terminating in the highlands. For this reason, most small (i.e. unpressurized) aircraft prefer to approach from the east, thereby avoiding the steep descent over the high hills to the west.

History

Transport Canada began construction of the airport in 1965, and handed control to the municipality in 1967 (while continuing to subsidize the airport). The airport added a terminal building in 1972, and a hangar and flight service station in 1974. The hangar was destroyed by a fire in 1978 and rebuilt in 1979; the flight service station has subsequently been closed. In 1983, Transport Canada installed navigation aids (the airport has both a VOR and a LOC), and formally handed full control of the airport over to the municipality in 1998 as a result of the National Airports Policy.

Scheduled Services

AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Express Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Montréal-Trudeau, Quebec City

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
  2. ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. ↑ Michel Pouliot Gaspé Airport


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