AirportsGreenway Sound Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Broughton Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YGN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YGN
- ICAO code
- CYGN
- City
- Broughton Island
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 50.8390° N, 126.7750° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,746 m (5,729 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YGN means Greenway Sound Seaplane Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYGN. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.8390° N, 126.7750° W. The nearest town in our data is Campbell River, about 142 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
Greenway Sound Seaplane Base has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,746 metres (5,729 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 84.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 1,746 m 5,729 ft | 50 m | Water | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Bay Seaplane BaseSullivan Bay | YTG | 6 km |
| Alert Bay AirportAlert Bay | YAL | 30 km |
| Port McNeill AirportPort McNeill | YMP | 34 km |
| Port Hardy AirportPort Hardy | YZT | 45 km |
| Big Bay Seaplane BaseStuart Island | YIG | 126 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,881 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,005 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,552 km | 14 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,568 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,169 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,997 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,498 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,246 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,357 km | 15 h 25 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.
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