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Canadian Forces Base Greenwood

Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located 1.5 nautical miles east of , . It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora and CP-140A Arcturus anti-submarine/maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft, the other being .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Canadian airbase
  • Also known as: “CFB Greenwood”, “CYZX”, and “YZX”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenwood Military Aviation Museum.

Museum
The is an aviation museum located in . The museum houses 15 aircraft and is highlighted by its Avro Lancaster, one of only 17 remaining in the world and one of only three to have flown sorties over continental Europe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenwood.

Village
is a located in the western part of in 's .

Canadian Forces Base Greenwood

Latitude
44.9844° or 44° 59′ 4″ north
Longitude
-64.9169° or 64° 55′ 1″ west
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Operator
Department of National Defence
IATA airport code
YZX
ICAO airport code
CYZX
Open location code
87PQX3MM+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042031714
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296348
Wiki­data ID
Q1032127
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Canadian Forces Base Greenwood” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Base des Forces canadiennes Greenwood”
  • Cebuano: “Greenwood (tugpahanan)”
  • Chinese: “格林伍德基地”
  • French: “14e Escadre Greenwood”
  • French: “base des Forces canadiennes Greenwood”
  • French: “Base des Forces canadiennes Greenwood”
  • French: “BFC Greenwood”
  • French: “CFB Greenwood”
  • German: “Canadian Forces Base Greenwood”
  • Indonesian: “CYZX”
  • Indonesian: “YZX”
  • Japanese: “グリーンウッド基地の第14航空団”
  • Japanese: “グリーンウッド空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Greenwood”
  • Persian: “سی اف بی گرینوود”
  • Persian: “سی‌اف‌بی گرینوود”
  • Swedish: “Base des Forces canadiennes Greenwood”
  • Swedish: “Canadian Forces Base Greenwood”
  • Swedish: “Greenwood”
  • Tajik: “Гринвуд”
  • Tajik: “Си‌уф‌бе гринувд”

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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 “Canadian Forces Base Greenwood”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.