Grande Prairie Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Grande Prairie Airport
IATA = YQU
ICAO = CYQU
type = Public
owner =
operator = Grande Prairie Airport Commission
city-served =
location = Grande Prairie, Alberta
elevation-f = 2,195
elevation-m = 669
coordinates = coord|55|10|47|N|118|53|06|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 6,200
r1-length-m = 1,890
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 12/30
r2-length-f = 6,500
r2-length-m = 1,981
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft Movements
stat1-data = 38,847
footnotes = Source: Canada Flight SupplementCFS]
Statistics from Transport Canada. [http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/EN/Report/TP577/pdf/TP577_07.pdf Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007] ]

Grande Prairie Airport Airport codes|YQU|CYQU is located convert|3NM|abbr=on|lk=in west northwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It is the largest airport in the Peace River Country of northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, having served 330,009 passengers in 2006 [ [http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/collection_2008/statcan/51-203-X/51-203-XIE2006000.pdf Air Carrier Traffic at Canadian Airports 2006 (Statistics Canada) Cat. no. 51-203-X] ] . The airport is currently seeing extremely high passenger traffic growth due to the high economic and population growth of the city. The terminal was originally built in 1981, and recently completed its extensive renovations which increased space, and added a restaurant to the second floor. Expansion of the terminal to the south and parking space, originally planned for 2014, is now being rescheduled for as early as 2007.

Airlines

* Air Canada Jazz (Calgary, Edmonton)
* WestJet (Calgary [seasonal, begins November 2] , Edmonton)
* Swanberg Air (Calgary, Sandspit (during fishing season only), Vancouver)
* Sunwest Home Aviation (Edson, Peace River)

References

External links

* [http://www.grandeprairieairport.com/home.htm Grande Prairie Airport]