CFB Goose Bay
Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay, commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: airport serving Goose Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Also known as: “CYYR” and “YYR”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amaruk Golf Club.
Amaruk Golf Club
Golf course
Amaruk Golf Club is a public golf course located in Happy Valley–Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. A 9-hole golf course, it was constructed in the 1950s to serve American servicemen stationed at Goose Air Force Base and British servicemen stationed at RAFU Goose Bay. Amaruk Golf Club is situated 3½ km east of CFB Goose Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Happy Valley-Goose Bay is a town of 8,080 people in Labrador, Canada founded in 1941 as a military base and seaport. During World War II, Goose and Gander in Newfoundland were important airbases, later serving as refuelling stops for planes en route to Europe.
CFB Goose Bay
- Categories: air base and commercial traffic aerodrome
- Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.29354° or 53° 17′ 37″ northLongitude
-60.42836° or 60° 25′ 42″ westElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
975X7HVC+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1143739238OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tajik—“CFB Goose Bay” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Base de la Fuercia Aérea Canadiana de Goose Bay”
- Asturian: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Canadiana de Goose Bay”
- Asturian: “CYYR”
- Asturian: “YYR”
- Cebuano: “Base des Forces canadiennes Goose Bay”
- Cebuano: “Goose Bay Airport (tugpahanan sa Canada)”
- Chinese: “加拿大皇家空军鹅湾基地”
- Chinese: “加拿大皇家空軍鵝灣基地”
- Chinese: “古斯湾机场”
- Chinese: “古斯灣機場”
- Chinese: “古斯貝機場”
- Chinese: “大鵝灣空軍基地”
- Chinese: “大鹅湾空军基地”
- Chinese: “鵝灣機場”
- Chinese: “鵝灣空軍基地”
- Dutch: “CFB Goose Bay”
- Finnish: “CFB Goose Bay”
- Finnish: “CYYR”
- Finnish: “YYR”
- French: “5e Escadre Goose Bay”
- French: “base des Forces canadiennes Goose Bay”
- French: “Base des Forces canadiennes Goose Bay”
- French: “BFC Goose Bay”
- French: “CFB Goose Bay”
- French: “Goose Bay, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador”
- German: “Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay”
- German: “CFB Goose Bay”
- German: “CYYR”
- German: “Goose Bay Airport”
- Indonesian: “CYYR”
- Indonesian: “YYR”
- Japanese: “グース・ベイ空港”
- Japanese: “グースベイ空軍基地”
- Japanese: “グースベイ航空基地”
- Japanese: “グースボーイ空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Goose Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “CFB Goose Bay”
- Norwegian: “CFB Goose Bay”
- Persian: “سیافبی گوس بی”
- Portuguese: “Base aérea de Goose Bay”
- Portuguese: “Base da Força Aérea Canadense de Goose Bay”
- Portuguese: “Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay”
- Portuguese: “CFB Goose Bay”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Goose Bay”
- Spanish: “Base Aerea Goose Bay”
- Spanish: “Base Aérea Goose Bay”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aerea Canadiense de Goose Bay”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Canadiense de Goose Bay”
- Spanish: “CYYR”
- Spanish: “YYR”
- Swedish: “Base des Forces canadiennes Goose Bay”
- Swedish: “Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay”
- Swedish: “Goose Bay Airport”
- Tajik: “Гус Бей”
- Tajik: “Сиуфбе гус бе”
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