Grande Prairie Airport
Grande Prairie Airport is a commercial airport located 3 nautical miles west northwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It is the largest airport in the Peace River Country of northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, having served 446,000 passengers in 2014 and 436,000 in 2015, ranking among the busiest regional airports in Canada.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Aeropuerto de Grande Praire”, “CYQU”, and “YQU”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dimsdale and Wedgewood.
Dimsdale
Hamlet
Dimsdale is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. Dimsdale is situated 8 km southwest of Grande Prairie Airport.
Wedgewood
Hamlet
Wedgewood is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. Wedgewood is situated 9 km southeast of Grande Prairie Airport.
Grande Prairie Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transport
- Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.1815° or 55° 10′ 53″ north
Longitude
-118.88694° or 118° 53′ 13″ west
Elevation
669 metres (2,195 feet)
IATA airport code
YQU
ICAO airport code
CYQU
Open location code
957354J7+J6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Grande Prairie Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grande Prairie Airport”
- Chinese: “大草原城機場”
- French: “aéroport de Grande Prairie”
- French: “Aéroport de Grande Prairie”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Grande Prairie”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Grande Prairie”
- Persian: “فرودگاه گرنده پریری”
- Piemontese: “Grande Prairie Airport”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Grande Prairie”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Grande Prairie”
- Swedish: “Grande Prairie Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи грндҳ прири”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Grande Prairie”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mountview and Silver Pointe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Customer Service and Hughes Lake.
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Worth a closer look: Calgary and Edmonton.
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