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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 081700Z 23012G32KT 15SM FEW032 BKN230 BKN240 24/16 A2991 RMK CU2CC3CI2 SLP129 DENSITY ALT 1300FT
Decoded METAR for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
METAR issued by CYQY on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 17:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 24 hours and -1403 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
The temperature is 24°C = 75°F, dew point is 16°C = 61°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 61 %.
QNH is 1013hPa = 29.91inHg
Wind 22km/h = 12kt with gusts at 59km/h = 32kt, direction is 230°.
Clouds : few clouds at 3200ft = 980m. broken at 23000ft = 7010m. broken at 24000ft = 7320m.
Remarks : CU2CC3CI2 Sea Level Pressure SLP=129 DENSITY ALT 1300FT
TAF for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
CYQY 081741Z 0818/0906 22015G30KT P6SM FEW030 SCT200 FM082100 22018G30KT P6SM BKN025 TEMPO 0821/0823 OVC020 FM082300 22015G30KT 5SM -RA BR SCT006 OVC015 TEMPO 0823/0905 P6SM NSW SCT015 BKN030 OVC090 PROB30 0823/0905 2SM -RA BR OVC006 FM090500 22012G22KT 2SM -RA BR OVC005 TEMPO 0905/0906 6SM -RA BR SCT005 OVC010 RMK NXT FCST BY 090000Z
Decoded TAF for Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport CYQY YQY
TAF issued by CYQY on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 17:41 UTC, issued 23 hours and 56 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC
0818/0906 22015G30KT P6SM FEW030 SCT200
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 3000ft = 910m scattered clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
FM082100 22018G30KT P6SM BKN025
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0821/0823 OVC020
overcast at 2000ft = 610m
from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Thursday, October 9, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
FM082300 22015G30KT 5SM -RA BR SCT006 OVC015
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is 8km = 5sm.
light rain
mist
scattered clouds at 600ft = 180m overcast at 1500ft = 460m
temporarily from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Thursday, October 9, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0823/0905 P6SM NSW SCT015 BKN030 OVC090
no significant weather
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m broken at 3000ft = 910m overcast at 9000ft = 2740m
probability of 30% to have from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Thursday, October 9, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
PROB30 0823/0905 2SM -RA BR OVC006
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light rain
mist
overcast at 600ft = 180m
from Thursday, October 9, 2025 à 05:00 heure TU to Thursday, October 9, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM090500 22012G22KT 2SM -RA BR OVC005
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light rain
mist
overcast at 500ft = 150m
temporarily from Thursday, October 9, 2025 à 05:00 heure TU to Thursday, October 9, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0905/0906 6SM -RA BR SCT005 OVC010
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light rain
mist
scattered clouds at 500ft = 150m overcast at 1000ft = 300m
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