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Grande Prairie airport (Canada)
Grande Prairie airport is located near Grande Prairie, with Grande Prairie at 3mi↑, Clairmont at 7mi↑, Wembley at 10mi↑, Sexsmith at 12mi↑, Huallen at 16mi↑, Webster at 19mi↑, Beaverlodge at 22mi↑, Smoky Heights at 27mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Grande Prairie airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYQU
- IATA code : YQU
- Local code : -
Elevation : 669 m = 2195ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 12/30 : 2591m = 8501ft
- runway 07/25 : 1890m = 6201ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Grande Prairie airport
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Aviation weather for Grande Prairie airport CYQU YQU
METAR for Grande Prairie airport CYQU YQU
CYQU 081200Z 24005KT 25SM BKN160 05/M04 A2988 RMK AC7 SLP138
Decoded METAR for Grande Prairie airport CYQU YQU
METAR issued by CYQU on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 12:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 47 hours and -1392 minutes ago.
visibility is 40km = 25sm.
The temperature is 5°C = 41°F, dew point is -4°C = 25°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 52 %.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.88inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 240°.
Clouds : broken at 16000ft = 4880m.
Remarks : AC7 Sea Level Pressure SLP=138
TAF for Grande Prairie airport CYQU YQU
CYQU 080640Z 0807/0819 24012KT P6SM BKN120 BECMG 0808/0810 28010KT FM081300 28012G22KT P6SM SCT100 SCT220 RMK NXT FCST BY 081300Z
Decoded TAF for Grande Prairie airport CYQU YQU
TAF issued by CYQU on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 06:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 5 hours and 8 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, May 8, 2025 à 07:00 heure TU to Thursday, May 8, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
0807/0819 24012KT P6SM BKN120
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 12000ft = 3660m
becoming from Thursday, May 8, 2025 à 10:00 heure TU to Thursday, May 8, 2025 à 13:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0808/0810 28010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 280°
from Thursday, May 8, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Thursday, May 8, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
FM081300 28012G22KT P6SM SCT100 SCT220
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 10000ft = 3050m scattered clouds at 22000ft = 6710m
NOTAM for Grande Prairie airport
Around Grande Prairie airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Grande Prairie
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2245mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 2253mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4486mi↑
- Paris at 4488mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4488mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4630mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4631mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4632mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4642mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4643mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 4645mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4645mi↑
- for Grande Prairie airport at 0mi↑
- for Grande Prairie (Forestry) airport at 3mi↑
- for Queen Elizabeth II Hospital airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Grande Prairie airport (Canada)
- Grande Prairie (Forestry) heliport ( CEZ9) at 3mi↑
- Queen Elizabeth II Hospital heliport ( CGP2) at 4mi↑
- Grovedale airport ( CA-0836) at 9mi↑
- Beaverlodge airport ( CEU2) at 22mi↑
- Gold Creek airport ( CA-0146) at 26mi↑defunct airport
- Smoky City airport ( CA-0346) at 32mi↑defunct airport
- Debolt airport ( CFG4) at 34mi↑
- Beaverlodge / Clanachan Field airport ( CLN4) at 38mi↑
- Spirit River airport ( CFS5) at 42mi↑
- Eaglesham (South) airport ( CGL4) at 50mi↑
- Kakwa airport ( CA-0177) at 53mi↑defunct airport
- Eaglesham airport ( CA-0123) at 58mi↑defunct airport
→ 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