Kuujjuarapik Airport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kuujjuarapik Airport
IATA: YGW ICAO: CYGW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Administration régionale Kativik
Serves	Kuujjuarapik, Whapmagoostui
Location	Kuujjuarapik
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	55°16′55″N 077°45′55″W / 55.28194°N 77.76528°W / 55.28194; -77.76528
Map
CYGW Location in Quebec
Runway
Runway Length Surface ft m 03/21 5,082 1,549 Gravel
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 6,388
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Movements from Statistics Canada

The Kuujjuarapik Airport (IATA: YGW, ICAO: CYGW) is an airport in Quebec, Canada. It is located right next to the Inuit community of Kuujjuarapik. It also serves the nearby Cree community of Whapmagoostui. This airport helps connect these northern communities to other parts of Quebec and Canada.

Flights and Destinations

This airport is a busy place for people traveling in and out of Kuujjuarapik and Whapmagoostui. Several airlines fly here, connecting these towns to bigger cities and other smaller communities.

Airlines that fly here

• Air Creebec
• Air Inuit

Where you can fly from here

You can catch flights from Kuujjuarapik Airport to many different places. These include:

• Chisasibi
• Eastmain
• Inukjuak
• Ivujivik
• Kuujjuaq
• La Grande
• Montreal–Trudeau (a major airport in Montreal)
• Puvirnituq
• Salluit
• Sanikiluaq
• Umiujaq
• Val-d'Or
• Waskaganish
• Wemindji

These flights are important for people living in these remote areas. They help them travel for work, school, family visits, and to get supplies.