Castlegar Airport (49° 17′ 47″ N, 117° 37′ 57″ W; IATA Airport Code: YCG; ICAO Airport Code: CYCG) is a small regional airport located in Castlegar, British Columbia. It is owned and operated by the City of Castlegar. Runway 15/33 is a 1615 metre (5,300 foot) long paved runway, and is currently the only runway at the airport. YCG has a 15,317 square foot passenger terminal. Owing to the mountainous terrain impinging on both runway approaches, there is no possibility of a straight-in approach. The airport is therefore certified for day operations only, and the glide slope on approach is set to a steep 5% rather than the standard 2.5%. The instrument approaches to Castlegar are considered among the most challenging of any in use at a commercial airport in North America. This leads to frequent flight cancellations when meteorological conditions are unsuitable, and frequent travellers to this airport have given it the sobriquet "Cancelgar". An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Castlegar is a small city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) * Land 925,186 km² * Water 19,549 km² (2. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... An instrument approach is a type of air navigation that allows an aircraft to land in weather restricting visibility, or to reach visual conditions permitting a landing. ...

Airlines

Air Canada Jazz with direct daily service to Calgary and Vancouver Air Canada Jazz is an airline based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. ... Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council...

External Links

• Castlegar Airport from the City of Castlegar web site