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Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport (Canada)
Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport is located near Castlegar, with Ootischenia at 1mi↑, Castlegar at 2mi↑, Crescent Valley at 11mi↑, Fruitvale at 13mi↑, Trail at 14mi↑, Rossland at 17mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYCG
- IATA code : YCG
- Local code : -
Elevation : 495 m = 1624ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 15/33 : 1615m = 5299ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Trail airport at 17mi : book on Trip.com
- Grand Forks airport at 41mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport CYCG YCG
METAR for Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport CYCG YCG
CYCG 021400Z 00000KT 6SM BR SCT010 OVC032 M01/M01 A3007 RMK ST4SC4 SLP206
Decoded METAR for Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport CYCG YCG
METAR issued by CYCG on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 14:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 133 hours and -7182 minutes ago.
visibility is 10km = 6sm.
The temperature is -1°C = 30°F, dew point is -1°C = 30°F. The air is saturated with water : relative air humidity is 100 %.
QNH is 1018hPa = 30.07inHg
Clouds : scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m. overcast at 3200ft = 980m.
mist
Remarks : ST4SC4 Sea Level Pressure SLP=206
TAF for Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport CYCG YCG
CYCG 011840Z 0119/0201 VRB03KT P6SM SCT025 OVC030 TEMPO 0119/0120 5SM -SN FM012000 VRB03KT 6SM -SN SCT010 OVC025 TEMPO 0120/0124 2SM -SN OVC010 FM020000 19005KT P6SM SCT020 OVC040 TEMPO 0200/0201 SCT020 OVC030 PROB40 0200/0201 2SM -SN OVC020 RMK NXT FCST BY 021600Z
Decoded TAF for Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport CYCG YCG
TAF issued by CYCG on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 18:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 8 hours and 38 minutes. weather forecast for 6 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Monday, December 1, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Monday, December 1, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
0119/0201 VRB03KT P6SM SCT025 OVC030
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m overcast at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Monday, December 1, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Monday, December 1, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0119/0120 5SM -SN
Visibility is 8km = 5sm.
light snow
from Monday, December 1, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Monday, December 1, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM012000 VRB03KT 6SM -SN SCT010 OVC025
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light snow
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m overcast at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Monday, December 1, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Monday, December 1, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0120/0124 2SM -SN OVC010
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light snow
overcast at 1000ft = 300m
from Monday, December 1, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Monday, December 1, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
FM020000 19005KT P6SM SCT020 OVC040
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 190°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m overcast at 4000ft = 1220m
temporarily from Monday, December 1, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Monday, December 1, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0200/0201 SCT020 OVC030
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m overcast at 3000ft = 910m
probability of 40% to have from Monday, December 1, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Monday, December 1, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
PROB40 0200/0201 2SM -SN OVC020
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light snow
overcast at 2000ft = 610m
NOTAM for Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport
Around Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Ootischenia
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2155mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 2179mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4774mi↑
- Paris at 4776mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4776mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 4911mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 4911mi↑
- Bordeaux at 4911mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 4911mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4924mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4932mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4933mi↑
- for Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport at 0mi↑
- for Castlegar (Tarrys Convention Centre) airport at 7mi↑
- for Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital airport at 14mi↑
nearest airports to Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional airport (Canada)
- Castlegar (Tarrys Convention Centre) heliport ( CCT3) at 7mi↑
- Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital heliport ( CKB3) at 14mi↑
- Trail airport ( YZZ CAD4) at 17mi↑
- Salmo airport ( X-CBG6) at 19mi↑defunct airport
- Nelson (High Terrain Helicopters) heliport ( CHT4) at 19mi↑
- Nelson airport (CZNL ) at 20mi↑NOTAM
- Nelson seaplane base ( CAD8) at 21mi↑
- Johnson airport ( US-7371) at 22mi↑
- Nelson/Baylock Estate heliport ( CYB3) at 24mi↑
- Boundary Substation heliport ( 5WA4) at 25mi↑defunct airport
- Schmidt Ranch airport ( 1WN0) at 26mi↑
- Lowry airport ( US-7370) at 26mi↑defunct airport
- Metaline Radio heliport ( 6WA7) at 28mi↑
- Crown Creek Ranch airport ( US-3149) at 33mi↑
- Crown Creek Ranch airport ( 57WA) at 33mi↑defunct airport
- Avey Field State/Laurier airport ( 69S) at 34mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Canada
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap