AirportsBig Bay Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Stuart Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YIG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YIG
- ICAO code
- CAF6
- City
- Stuart Island
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 50.3923° N, 125.1372° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YIG means Big Bay Seaplane Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CAF6. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.3923° N, 125.1372° W. The nearest large city in our data is Vancouver, about 193 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell River Seaplane BaseCampbell River | YHH | 39 km |
| Campbell River AirportCampbell River | YBL | 50 km |
| Powell Lake Seaplane BasePowell River | WPL | 71 km |
| Powell River AirportPowell River | YPW | 77 km |
| Comox Valley International Airport / CFB ComoxComox | YQQ | 78 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,967 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,090 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,604 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,547 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,058 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,909 km | 2 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,622 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,372 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,436 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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