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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
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
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
SPECI CYGW 152006Z AUTO 15010G15KT 6SM -SN OVC030 M08/M11 A2989 RMK SLP125
Decoded METAR for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
METAR issued by CYGW on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 20:06 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 hours and 33 minutes ago.
visibility is 10km = 6sm.
The temperature is -8°C = 18°F, dew point is -11°C = 12°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 79 %.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.89inHg
Wind 19km/h = 10kt with gusts at 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 150°.
Clouds : overcast at 3000ft = 910m.
light snow
Remarks : Sea Level Pressure SLP=125
TAF for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
CYGW 151740Z 1518/1606 15012G22KT 3/4SM -SN BLSN OVC020 TEMPO 1518/1521 6SM -SN SCT020 OVC030 FM152100 16010G20KT 4SM -SN OVC012 TEMPO 1521/1606 P6SM NSW OVC015 PROB30 1521/1606 3SM -SN -FZDZ BR OVC008 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 160000Z
Decoded TAF for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
TAF issued by CYGW on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 17:40 UTC, issued 7 hours and 59 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 18:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 21:00 heure UTC
1518/1606 15012G22KT 3/4SM -SN BLSN OVC020
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 150°
Visibility is 1km = 1sm.
light snow
blowing snow
overcast at 2000ft = 610m
temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 18:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 21:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1518/1521 6SM -SN SCT020 OVC030
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light snow
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m overcast at 3000ft = 910m
from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 21:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM152100 16010G20KT 4SM -SN OVC012
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 160°
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light snow
overcast at 1200ft = 370m
temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 21:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1521/1606 P6SM NSW OVC015
no significant weather
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
overcast at 1500ft = 460m
probability of 30% to have from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 21:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 06:00 heure UTC
PROB30 1521/1606 3SM -SN -FZDZ BR OVC008
Visibility is 5km = 3sm.
light snow
light intensity freezing drizzle
mist
overcast at 800ft = 240m
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
- Poste Lemoyne (Complex Lg-3) heliport ( CSY6) at 166mi↑
- Eleonore airport ( CEL8) at 190mi↑
- La Grande-4 airport (CYAH YAH ) at 195mi↑TAF NOTAM
- La Grande-4/Lac Bottine seaplane base ( CLB6) at 195mi↑
- Eastmain River airport (CZEM ZEM ) at 213mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Opinaca airport ( YOI ) at 217mi↑
→ 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