Uranium City Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Uranium City Airport


IATA = YBE
ICAO = CYBE
type = Public
owner =
operator = | operator = Ministry of Highways & Infrastructure
city-served =
location = nowrap|Uranium City, Saskatchewan
elevation-f = 1,044
elevation-m = 318
coordinates = coord|59|33|41|N|108|28|53|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-f = 3,930
r1-length-m = 1,198
r1-surface = Treated Gravel
footnotes = Source: Canada Flight Supplement [CFS]

Uranium City Airport, Airport codes|YBE|CYBE, is located convert|4|NM|abbr=on|lk=in east of Uranium City, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is classified as a Code 2 airport.cite web | url=http://www.athabascabasin.ca/agencies/abtpc.php | publisher=Athabasca Economic Development & Training Corporation | title=excerpts from Athabasca Basin Transportation Planning Committee ]

The airport was originally constructed by Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited in the 1950s to support the growing mining operations around Uranium City. Transport Canada assumed ownership in the 1970s.

After the loss of the community's mining industry, Uranium City began a sharp depopulation. The Saskatchewan provincial government assumed ownership of the airport in early 1997 from Transport Canada. The facility was downgraded two years later as its runway was shortened from convert|5000|ft|m|abbr=on to its current convert|3930|ft|m|abbr=on, while the runway's width was halved to convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on.

Airlines and destinations

*Pronto Airways (Prince Albert, La Ronge, Points North, Saksatoon, Stony Rapids)
*Transwest Air (Fond du Lac)

Amenities

Horseshoe pit located on south side of runway. Horseshoes available inside nearby maintenance hangar.

ee also

*Uranium City Water Aerodrome

References

External links

*ASN|YBE