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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
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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 150111Z 27011KT 3SM -DZ BR OVC003 08/08 A2984 RMK SF8 SLP115
Decoded METAR for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
METAR issued by CYGL on Monday, July 14, 2025 at 01:11 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 55 hours and -2850 minutes ago.
visibility is 5km = 3sm.
The temperature is 8°C = 46°F, dew point is 8°C = 46°F. The air is saturated with water : relative air humidity is 100 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.84inHg
Wind 20km/h = 11kt, direction is 270°.
Clouds : overcast at 300ft = 90m.
light intensity drizzle
mist
Remarks : SF8 Sea Level Pressure SLP=115
TAF for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
CYGL 150101Z 1501/1524 27012KT 1 1/2SM -DZ BR OVC002 TEMPO 1501/1503 6SM BR SCT003 OVC006 FM150300 28010G20KT P6SM SCT003 OVC006 TEMPO 1503/1513 4SM -DZ -RA BR OVC003 PROB30 1503/1513 OVC002 FM151300 28008KT P6SM BKN005 OVC012 FM151600 28008KT P6SM BKN020 BKN030 FM152100 26008KT P6SM SCT040 RMK NXT FCST BY 150600Z
Decoded TAF for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
TAF issued by CYGL on Monday, July 14, 2025 at 01:01 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 7 hours and 40 minutes. weather forecast for 23 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, July 14, 2025 à 01:00 heure TU to Monday, July 14, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
1501/1524 27012KT 1 1/2SM -DZ BR OVC002
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is 2km = 2sm.
light intensity drizzle
mist
overcast at 200ft = 60m
temporarily from Monday, July 14, 2025 à 01:00 heure TU to Monday, July 14, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1501/1503 6SM BR SCT003 OVC006
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
mist
scattered clouds at 300ft = 90m overcast at 600ft = 180m
from Monday, July 14, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
FM150300 28010G20KT P6SM SCT003 OVC006
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 300ft = 90m overcast at 600ft = 180m
temporarily from Monday, July 14, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1503/1513 4SM -DZ -RA BR OVC003
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light intensity drizzle
light rain
mist
overcast at 300ft = 90m
probability of 30% to have from Monday, July 14, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
PROB30 1503/1513 OVC002
overcast at 200ft = 60m
from Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
FM151300 28008KT P6SM BKN005 OVC012
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 500ft = 150m overcast at 1200ft = 370m
from Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
FM151600 28008KT P6SM BKN020 BKN030
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 2000ft = 610m broken at 3000ft = 910m
from Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Tuesday, July 15, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM152100 26008KT P6SM SCT040
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
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↑METAR 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