AirportsÎles-de-la-Madeleine Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, in Quebec, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YGR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YGR
- ICAO code
- CYGR
- City
- Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- State or region
- Quebec
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 47.4252° N, 61.7786° W
- Elevation
- 11 m (35 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,372 m (4,500 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YGR means Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYGR. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 47.4252° N, 61.7786° W. It stands 11 metres (35 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Sydney, about 188 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Halifax, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,372 metres (4,500 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 129.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,372 m 4,500 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 16/34 | 1,097 m 3,600 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Charlottetown AirportCharlottetown | YYG | 163 km |
| Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy AirportSydney | YQY | 193 km |
| Michel-Pouliot Gaspé AirportGaspé | YGP | 251 km |
| Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportMoncton | YQM | 265 km |
| Bonaventure AirportBonaventure | YVB | 284 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,618 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,346 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,785 km | 12 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,325 km | 5 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,218 km | 2 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,887 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,418 km | 17 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,542 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,891 km | 20 h 50 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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