AirportsCastlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Castlegar, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YCG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YCG
- ICAO code
- CYCG
- City
- Castlegar
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 49.2964° N, 117.6320° W
- Elevation
- 495 m (1,624 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,615 m (5,300 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YCG means Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYCG. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.2964° N, 117.6320° W. It stands 495 metres (1,624 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Kelowna, about 149 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Edmonton, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,615 metres (5,300 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 93.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,615 m 5,300 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Trail Regional AirportTrail | YZZ | 27 km |
| Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International AirportCranbrook | YXC | 138 km |
| Penticton AirportPenticton | YYF | 144 km |
| Kelowna International AirportKelowna | YLW | 146 km |
| Spokane International AirportSpokane, United States | GEG | 187 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,236 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,340 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,697 km | 14 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,333 km | 9 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,527 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,708 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,121 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,897 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,872 km | 16 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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