Gander International Airport

Gander International Airport is located in , Canada, and is operated by the Gander International Airport Authority. Canadian Forces Base Gander shares the airfield but is a separate entity from the airport.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Also known as: CYQX” and “YQX

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gander.

is a small town of 12,000 people with a huge international airport on the Trans-Canada Highway in . Established in 1935, the airport was once a major refuelling point for almost all trans-Atlantic flights.

Gander International Airport

Latitude
48.93579° or 48° 56′ 9″ north
Longitude
-54.56911° or 54° 34′ 9″ west
Elevation
151 metres (495 feet)
Operator
Gander International Airport Authority
IATA airport code
YQX
ICAO airport code
CYQX
Open location code
88W7WCPJ+89
Open­Street­Map ID
way 239321190
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296269
Wiki­data ID
Q1431350
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Gander International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Gander Int. Airport
  • Chinese: 甘德国际机场
  • Chinese: 甘德國國際機場
  • Chinese: 甘德國際機場
  • Chinese: 甘德机场
  • Chinese: 甘德機場
  • Dutch: Gander International Airport
  • Finnish: Ganderin kansainvälinen lentoasema
  • French: Aéroport de Gander
  • French: Aeroport international de Gander
  • French: aéroport international de Gander
  • French: Aéroport international de Gander
  • French: Gander International, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
  • French: YQX
  • Galician: Aeroporto de Gander
  • German: CYQX
  • German: Flughafen Gander
  • German: Gander International Airport
  • German: YQX
  • Hungarian: Gander nemzetközi repülőtér
  • Indonesian: Bandar udara internasional gander
  • Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Gander
  • Indonesian: Bandara Internasional Gander
  • Indonesian: CYQX
  • Indonesian: YQX
  • Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Gander
  • Japanese: ガンダー国際空港
  • Japanese: ガンダー空港
  • Korean: 간더 국제공항
  • Korean: 갠더 국제공항
  • Malay: Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Gander
  • Persian: CYQX
  • Persian: YQX
  • Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی گندر
  • Piemontese: Gander International Airport
  • Polish: Port lotniczy Gander
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Gander
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Gander
  • Russian: Гандер (аэропорт)
  • Russian: Гандер
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto de Gander
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto internacional de gander
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Gander
  • Spanish: CYQX
  • Spanish: YQX
  • Swedish: Gander Int. Airport
  • Swedish: Gander International Airport
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Гандер
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ гндр
  • Ukrainian: Гандер (аеропорт)
  • Ukrainian: Гандер
  • Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Gander

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Highlights include Gander War Cemetery and Gander Aviation.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gander International Airport”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.