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La Grande Rivière airport (Canada)
La Grande Rivière airport is located near La Grande Rivière, with Chisasibi at 26mi↑, Wemindji at 66mi↑, Eastmain at 101mi↑, Kuujjuarapik at 115mi↑, Nemiscau at 144mi↑, Nord-du-Québec at 164mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of La Grande Rivière airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYGL
- IATA code : YGL
- Local code : -
Elevation : 195 m = 640ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 13/31 : 1981m = 6499ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to La Grande Rivière 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 :
- La Grande Rivière airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Chisasibi airport at 51mi : book on Trip.com
- La Grande-3 airport at 62mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
METAR for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
CYGL 050100Z 24009G15KT 15SM OVC044 03/02 A2956 RMK SC8 SLP023
Decoded METAR for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
METAR issued by CYGL on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 01:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 32 hours and -1385 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
The temperature is 3°C = 37°F, dew point is 2°C = 36°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 93 %.
QNH is 1001hPa = 29.56inHg
Wind 17km/h = 9kt with gusts at 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 240°.
Clouds : overcast at 4400ft = 1340m.
Remarks : SC8 Sea Level Pressure SLP=023
TAF for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
CYGL 050004Z 0500/0524 24010G20KT 5SM -SHRA BR BKN008 OVC025 TEMPO 0500/0506 P6SM NSW SCT008 OVC025 FM050600 25010G20KT 3SM -SHSNRA BR SCT006 OVC012 FM051100 25012G25KT 3SM -SHSN SCT015 OVC030 FM051700 25012G25KT 3SM -SHSN SCT006 OVC015 RMK NXT FCST BY 050600Z
Decoded TAF for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
TAF issued by CYGL on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 00:04 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 9 hours and 51 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, November 4, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
0500/0524 24010G20KT 5SM -SHRA BR BKN008 OVC025
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is 8km = 5sm.
light intensity shower rain
mist
broken at 800ft = 240m overcast at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Tuesday, November 4, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0500/0506 P6SM NSW SCT008 OVC025
no significant weather
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 800ft = 240m overcast at 2500ft = 760m
from Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 11:00 heure UTC
FM050600 25010G20KT 3SM -SHSNRA BR SCT006 OVC012
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is 5km = 3sm.
light intensity shower snow rain
mist
scattered clouds at 600ft = 180m overcast at 1200ft = 370m
from Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 11:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
FM051100 25012G25KT 3SM -SHSN SCT015 OVC030
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is 5km = 3sm.
light intensity shower snow
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m overcast at 3000ft = 910m
from Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 5, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM051700 25012G25KT 3SM -SHSN SCT006 OVC015
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is 5km = 3sm.
light intensity shower snow
scattered clouds at 600ft = 180m overcast at 1500ft = 460m
NOTAM for La Grande Rivière airport
Around La Grande Rivière airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Chisasibi
- MoMA (New York) at 906mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 952mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 3291mi↑
- Paris at 3292mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 3293mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 3337mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 3357mi↑
- Bordeaux at 3357mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 3357mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 3357mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 3370mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 3371mi↑
- for La Grande Rivière airport at 0mi↑
- for La Grande airport at 3mi↑
- for Chisasibi airport at 51mi↑
nearest airports to La Grande Rivière airport (Canada)
- La Grande airport ( CA-0198) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- Chisasibi airport ( YKU CSU2) at 51mi↑
- Fort George airport ( CA-0134) at 55mi↑defunct airport
- La Grande-3 airport (CYAD YAR ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Wemindji airport (CYNC YNC ) at 63mi↑NOTAM
- Eleonore airport ( CEL8) at 92mi↑
- Eastmain River airport (CZEM ZEM ) at 102mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Cape Jones airport ( CA-0079) at 107mi↑defunct airport
- Opinaca airport ( YOI ) at 107mi↑
- Poste Lemoyne (Complex Lg-3) heliport ( CSY6) at 110mi↑
→ 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