AirportsGanges Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Salt Spring Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YGG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YGG
- ICAO code
- CAX6
- City
- Salt Spring Island
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 48.8545° N, 123.4969° W
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YGG means Ganges Seaplane Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CAX6. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.8545° N, 123.4969° W. It stands 0 metres (0 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Vancouver, about 52 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Montague Harbour Seaplane BaseGaliano Island | YMF | 9 km |
| Maple Bay Seaplane BaseMaple Bay | YAQ | 9 km |
| Mayne Island Seaplane BaseMiners Bay | YAV | 14 km |
| Telegraph Harbour Seaplane BaseThetis Island | YBQ | 18 km |
| Bedwell Harbour Seaplane BaseBedwell Harbour | YBW | 23 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,167 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,288 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,774 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,623 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,957 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,711 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,816 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,557 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,464 km | 15 h 30 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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