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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
CYGW 161000Z AUTO 22014G24KT 3/4SM -SN OVC023 M08/M10 A2955 RMK SLP011
Decoded METAR for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
METAR issued by CYGW on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 10:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 33 hours and -1387 minutes ago.
visibility is 1km = 1sm.
The temperature is -8°C = 18°F, dew point is -10°C = 14°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 86 %.
QNH is 1001hPa = 29.55inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt with gusts at 44km/h = 24kt, direction is 220°.
Clouds : overcast at 2300ft = 700m.
light snow
Remarks : Sea Level Pressure SLP=011
TAF for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
CYGW 160817Z 1608/1618 20012G22KT 4SM -SHSN SCT008 OVC025 TEMPO 1608/1612 3/4SM -SHSN BKN008 OVC020 FM161200 18012G22KT P6SM -SHSN SCT020 OVC040 TEMPO 1612/1616 2 1/2SM -SHSN OVC020 PROB30 1612/1616 1 1/2SM -SHSN FM161600 18018G28KT 6SM -SN SCT008 OVC025 BECMG 1616/1618 1 1/2SM -SN BLSN VV008 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 161200Z
Decoded TAF for Kuujjuarapik airport CYGW YGW
TAF issued by CYGW on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 08:17 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 11 hours and 36 minutes. weather forecast for 10 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
1608/1618 20012G22KT 4SM -SHSN SCT008 OVC025
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 200°
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light intensity shower snow
scattered clouds at 800ft = 240m overcast at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1608/1612 3/4SM -SHSN BKN008 OVC020
Visibility is 1km = 1sm.
light intensity shower snow
broken at 800ft = 240m overcast at 2000ft = 610m
from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
FM161200 18012G22KT P6SM -SHSN SCT020 OVC040
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
light intensity shower snow
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m overcast at 4000ft = 1220m
temporarily from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1612/1616 2 1/2SM -SHSN OVC020
Visibility is 4km = 3sm.
light intensity shower snow
overcast at 2000ft = 610m
probability of 30% to have from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
PROB30 1612/1616 1 1/2SM -SHSN
Visibility is 2km = 2sm.
light intensity shower snow
from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
FM161600 18018G28KT 6SM -SN SCT008 OVC025
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 28kt = 52km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light snow
scattered clouds at 800ft = 240m overcast at 2500ft = 760m
becoming from Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1616/1618 1 1/2SM -SN BLSN VV008
Visibility is 2km = 2sm.
light snow
blowing snow
VV800ft = 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
