Charlottetown Airport
Charlottetown Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | CYYG |
| IATA code | YYG |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 49 m (161 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3.4 miles north of Charlottetown |
| Street | CA 1 |
| Local transport |
Bus : T3 Transit Route 11 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1938 |
| operator | Charlottetown Airport Authority |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 370,730 (2018) |
| Flight movements |
17,213 (2017) |
| Runways | |
| 03/21 | 2134 m × 46 m asphalt |
| 10/28 | 1524 m × 61 m asphalt |
The Charlottetown Airport ( IATA : YYG ; ICAO : CYYG ) is the largest airport of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Iceland . It is 5.5 km north of the provincial capital, Charlottetown . The airport is owned by the Canadian Department of Transportation ( Transport Canada ) and operated by the Charlottetown Airport Authority .
The airport is served by the companies Air Canada Jazz , Air Georgian , Northwest Airlines , Prince Edward Air , Sunwing Airlines and Westjet Airlines . These offer connections to Halifax , Montreal , Detroit , Ottawa and Boston . The airport is also used for general civil aviation .
history
The first plane landed in 1912 in Charlottetown, on the exhibition grounds in the east of the city. The first airfield (Upton Field) opened in 1932 northwest of the city. It was closed in October 1938 because the two runways were too short. Today the area is built over with a housing estate.
In June 1938, the city administration asked the Ministry of Transport for assistance in planning a new airport. The suburb of Sherwood Station was chosen as the new location and the city bought the site for $ 30,000. The provincial government contributed 50% of the construction costs and in return received half of the profits, while the city was supposed to carry out the operation.
In December 1939, the city made the airport available to the federal government for military use. The Royal Canadian Air Force expanded the airport and extended the runways to accommodate the Commonwealth Air Training Plan for pilots and ground personnel training during World War II . The British Royal Air Force used the airport between June 1941 and February 1944.
On February 1, 1946, the RCAF station Charlottetown was handed back to the Department of Transportation, whereupon civil aviation could be resumed. In the following decades several extensions took place. On February 28, 1999, the Department of Transportation handed over operations to the Charlottetown Airport Authority . In 2006, 225,400 passengers were counted, which corresponds to an increase of 40% compared to 2002.
Web links
- Official site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Charlottetown Airport has Another Record Breaking Year. FlyPEI.com, January 10, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2019 .
- ^ North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed on February 21, 2019 .
