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Kuujjuarapik airport (Canada)
Kuujjuarapik airport is located near Kuujjuarapik, with Kuujjuarapik at 1mi↑, Umiujaq at 100mi↑, Sanikiluaq at 103mi↑, Chisasibi at 114mi↑, Wemindji at 169mi↑, La Grande IV at 195mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Kuujjuarapik airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYGW
- IATA code : YGW
- Local code : -
Elevation : 10 m = 33ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 04/22 : 1540m = 5052ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Kuujjuarapik airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
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By plane :
- Kuujjuarapik airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Umiujaq airport at 99mi : book on Trip.com
- Sanikiluaq airport at 104mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
METAR for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
CYGW 201700Z AUTO 32009G15KT 3SM -RA BR OVC009 06/05 A2954 RMK PCPN 1.8MM PAST HR SLP006
Decoded METAR for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
METAR issued by CYGW on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 17:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 29 hours and -1387 minutes ago.
visibility is 5km = 3sm.
The temperature is 6°C = 43°F, dew point is 5°C = 41°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 93 %.
QNH is 1000hPa = 29.54inHg
Wind 17km/h = 9kt with gusts at 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 320°.
Clouds : overcast at 900ft = 270m.
light rain
mist
Remarks : PCPN 18MM PAST HR Sea Level Pressure SLP=006
TAF for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
CYGW 201140Z 2012/2024 35008G18KT 1SM -RA BR OVC003 TEMPO 2012/2015 6SM -RA BR SCT003 OVC008 PROB40 2012/2015 1/2SM -RA FG VV002 FM201500 31015G25KT 3SM -RA BR OVC003 TEMPO 2015/2024 6SM -RA BR SCT003 OVC010 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 201800Z
Decoded TAF for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
TAF issued by CYGW on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 11:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 11 hours and 13 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, October 20, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Monday, October 20, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
2012/2024 35008G18KT 1SM -RA BR OVC003
wind 8kt = 15km/h with gusts at 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 350°
Visibility is 2km = 1sm.
light rain
mist
overcast at 300ft = 90m
temporarily from Monday, October 20, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Monday, October 20, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2012/2015 6SM -RA BR SCT003 OVC008
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light rain
mist
scattered clouds at 300ft = 90m overcast at 800ft = 240m
probability of 40% to have from Monday, October 20, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Monday, October 20, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
PROB40 2012/2015 1/2SM -RA FG VV002
Visibility is 1km = 1sm, there's fog.
light rain
fog
VV200ft = 60m
from Monday, October 20, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Monday, October 20, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM201500 31015G25KT 3SM -RA BR OVC003
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 310°
Visibility is 5km = 3sm.
light rain
mist
overcast at 300ft = 90m
temporarily from Monday, October 20, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Monday, October 20, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2015/2024 6SM -RA BR SCT003 OVC010
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light rain
mist
scattered clouds at 300ft = 90m overcast at 1000ft = 300m
NOTAM for Kuujjuarapik airport
Around Kuujjuarapik airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Kuujjuarapik
- MoMA (New York) at 1018mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 1066mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 3239mi↑
- Paris at 3240mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 3241mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 3302mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 3316mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 3316mi↑
- Bordeaux at 3316mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 3316mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 3334mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 3334mi↑
- for Kuujjuarapik airport at 0mi↑
- for Cape Jones airport at 89mi↑
- for Umiujaq airport at 99mi↑
nearest airports to Kuujjuarapik airport (Canada)
- Cape Jones airport ( CA-0079) at 89mi↑defunct airport
- Umiujaq airport (CYMU YUD ) at 99mi↑NOTAM
- Sanikiluaq airport (CYSK YSK ) at 104mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Sanikiluaq Water airport ( CA-0649) at 104mi↑defunct airport
- Chisasibi airport ( YKU CSU2) at 112mi↑
- Fort George airport ( CA-0134) at 113mi↑defunct airport
- La Grande Rivière airport (CYGL YGL ) at 114mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- La Grande airport ( CA-0198) at 117mi↑defunct airport
- La Grande-3 airport (CYAD YAR ) at 134mi↑NOTAM
- Wemindji airport (CYNC YNC ) at 163mi↑NOTAM
→ 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