Stephenville International Airport

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Stephenville International Airport
Stephenville2.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code CYJT
IATA code YJT
Coordinates

48 ° 32 '40 "  N , 58 ° 33' 0"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '40 "  N , 58 ° 33' 0"  W.
Height above MSL 25 m (82  ft )
Basic data
opening 1941
operator Stephenville Airport Corporation
Runways
09/27 3051 m × 61 m asphalt
02/20
(closed) 		1207 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete



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The Stephenville International Airport (formerly Ernest Harmon Air Force Base ) is an airport in Stephenville (Newfoundland) in Canada .

history

The airport was built in 1941 by the United States Army Air Forces and operated as a military airfield by the United States Air Force until 1966 . It was named after Major General Ernest N. Harmon . The United Kingdom received warships from the United States under the destroyer-for-base agreement .

The airport has been under Canadian civilian administration since 1966. It was intended as a possible space shuttle emergency landing site .

After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the USA and the subsequent closure of the airspace, Stephenville also served as a landing airport for the aircraft diverted to Canada ( Operation Yellow Ribbon ).

  • Stephenville Airport 1963

  • Apron and terminal

  • Convair F-102 as Gate Guardian

Web links

Commons : Stephenville International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Stephenville, NL - CYJT. In: NAV CANADA (Ed.): Canada Flight Supplement Atlantic - Newfoundland and Labrador, Terminal and Enroute Data, AIP Canada (ICAO) Part 3 - Aerodromes (AD). Effective 0901Z 24 May 2018 to 0901Z 19 July 2018.