Grande Prairie Airport
IATA:YQU ICAO:CYQU WMO:71940
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Grande Prairie Airport Commission
Location	Grande Prairie, Alberta
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	2,196 ft / 669 m
Coordinates	55°10′55″N118°53′14″W / 55.18194°N 118.88722°W /55.18194; -118.88722
Map
CYQU Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 6,200 1,890 Asphalt 12/30 8,502 2,591 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 40,651
Source:Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements fromStatistics Canada[3]

Grande Prairie Airport (IATA:YQU,ICAO:CYQU) is a commercial airport located 3nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west northwest ofGrande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It is the largest airport in thePeace River Country of northwestern Alberta and northeasternBritish Columbia, having served 446,000 passengers in 2014 and 436,000 in 2015,^[4] ranking among thebusiest regional airports in Canada.

The airport has seen passenger traffic growth due to the economic and population growth of the city. The terminal, originally built in 1981, has undergone extensive renovations which increased space, added a restaurant to the second floor, expanded the terminal to the south and added parking space. Further expansion added another gate,baggage carousel, and office space for customs use.

The airport is served by regional air carriersAir Canada Express andWestJet Encore, each with propjet flights to Edmonton and Calgary. Flair Airlines operated from the airport for one month before suspending service.^[5] The airport also sees charter traffic and additional traffic caused by the high density oil and gas industry in the area. The airport also serves the Royal Canadian Air Cadets Peace Region Gliding Program, who fly theSchweizer 2-33A glider off a winch launch set up.

Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successorsCP Air andCanadian Airlines International served Grande Prairie for many years. Canadian Pacific commenced service to Grande Prairie in the early 1940s.^[11] During the 1970s and 1980s, CP Air flewBoeing 737-200 aircraft into the airport with flights to Edmonton, Vancouver, Prince George, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, and Whitehorse.^[12][13][14]Time Air, an Alberta-based regional airline, also served Grande Prairie during the 1970s withde Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop flights to Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer.^[13]

On June 29th 2000, a Douglas A-26 Invader operated by Air Spray, suffered a double engine failure on final approach after a fire fighting mission. The aircraft crashed 3 kilometers short of the runway and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot escaped with injuries.^[15]

On April 7th, 2001, a Beechcraft 100 King Air operated by Alberta Central Airways, slid off the runway during landing and struck a snow pile after touching down in two inches of snow. All occupants survived unharmed, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.^[16]

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