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Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport (Canada)
Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport is located near Sydney, with Dominion at 4mi↑, Glace Bay at 5mi↑, New Waterford at 6mi↑, Sydney at 6mi↑, Broughton at 7mi↑, Sydney River at 9mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYQY
- IATA code : YQY
- Local code : -
Elevation : 62 m = 203ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 06/24 : 2155m = 7070ft
- runway 18/36 : 1828m = 5997ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
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Aviation weather for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
METAR for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
CYQY 021900Z 24014G21KT 230V290 15SM FEW040 BKN220 29/21 A2965 RMK CU1CC4 SLP041 DENSITY ALT 2300FT
Decoded METAR for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
METAR issued by CYQY on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 19:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 108 hours and -5719 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
The temperature is 29°C = 84°F, dew point is 21°C = 70°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 62 %.
QNH is 1004hPa = 29.65inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt with gusts at 39km/h = 21kt, direction is 240°.
Clouds : few clouds at 4000ft = 1220m. broken at 22000ft = 6710m.
Remarks : CU1CC4 Sea Level Pressure SLP=041 DENSITY ALT 2300FT
TAF for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
CYQY 021740Z 0218/0306 27012G22KT P6SM SCT030 BKN240 TEMPO 0218/0302 BKN030 BECMG 0221/0223 01007KT FM030300 21008KT P6SM FEW030 BKN200 RMK NXT FCST BY 030000Z
Decoded TAF for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
TAF issued by CYQY on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 17:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 14 hours and 1 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, July 2, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Wednesday, July 2, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
0218/0306 27012G22KT P6SM SCT030 BKN240
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 24000ft = 7320m
temporarily from Wednesday, July 2, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Wednesday, July 2, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0218/0302 BKN030
broken at 3000ft = 910m
becoming from Wednesday, July 2, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Wednesday, July 2, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0221/0223 01007KT
wind 7kt = 13km/h, direction is 10°
from Wednesday, July 2, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Thursday, July 3, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM030300 21008KT P6SM FEW030 BKN200
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 210°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 20000ft = 6100m
NOTAM for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport
Around Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Dominion
- MoMA (New York) at 790mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 873mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 2750mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 2791mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 2791mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 2792mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 2792mi↑
- San Sebastian at 2792mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 2793mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 2805mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 2805mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 2805mi↑
- for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport at 0mi↑
- for Sydney (Cape Breton Regional Hospital) airport at 7mi↑
- for Big Harbour airport at 28mi↑
nearest airports to Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport (Canada)
- Sydney (Cape Breton Regional Hospital) heliport ( CSY9) at 7mi↑
- Big Harbour airport ( CA-0690) at 28mi↑defunct airport
- Baddeck (Crown Jewel) airport ( CDW2) at 35mi↑
- Crowdis Mountain Airstrip airport ( CA-0804) at 37mi↑
- Margaree airport ( CCZ4) at 46mi↑
- Inverness (Consolidated Memorial Hospital) heliport ( CNV2) at 60mi↑
- Arichat (St. Anne Ladies Auxiliary Hospital) heliport ( CDT3) at 65mi↑
- Port Hawkesbury airport (CYPD YPS ) at 72mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Eastern Memorial Hospital heliport ( CCE5) at 73mi↑
- Antigonish (St. Martha's Regional Hospital) heliport ( CDY5) at 100mi↑
→ 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