Airports / Canada / YGW
Kuujjuarapik Airport
CYGW / YGWKuujjuarapik, CanadaELEV 34 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
99 nm
To the nearest alternate
La Grande Rivière Airport (YGL).
Overview
Kuujjuarapik Airport (CYGW / YGW) is a mid-sized airport serving Kuujjuarapik, Canada. The field lies at an elevation of 34 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
YGW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include La Grande Rivière Airport (YGL, 99 nm), La Grande-4 Airport (YAH, 169 nm), and Moosonee Airport (YMO, 260 nm).
Quotes for flights out of YGW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from YGW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
CYGW
IATA
YGW
FAA / Local
CYGW
Elevation
34 ft
Coordinates
55.2819° N · 77.7653° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 34 ft, YGW sits lower than 96% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 99nmYGLLa Grande Rivière AirportLa Grande Rivière
- 169nmYAHLa Grande-4 AirportLa Grande-4
- 260nmYMOMoosonee AirportMoosonee
- 287nmYPXPuvirnituq AirportPuvirnituq
- 331nmYNMMatagami AirportMatagami
- 351nmYVPKuujjuaq AirportKuujjuaq
Location
Open the full mapCYGW · Kuujjuarapik Airport · Kuujjuarapik, Canada