Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake
Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, abbreviated as CFB Cold Lake, is a Canadian Forces Base in the City of Cold Lake, Alberta. The facility is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is approximately 35 km south of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, which is used as practicing grounds by CFB Cold Lake's fighter pilots.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: Canadian air force base and wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force
- Also known as: “4 ERE”, “4 Wg”, “4 Wing”, “4 Wing Cold Lake”, “4e ERE”, “4e Escadre”, “4e Escadre Cold Lake”, “BFC Cold Lake”, “Central Experimental and Proving Establishment/Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment”, “CFB Cold Lake”, “Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport”, “CYOD”, “Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport”, “YOD”, “سی اف بی کولد لیک”, and “コールド・レイク航空基地”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaver Crossing and Cold Lake.
Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake
- Categories: airbase, Canadian Forces base, Royal Canadian Air Force Wing, military installation, and transport
- Location: Cold Lake, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
54.40036° or 54° 24′ 1″ north
Longitude
-110.27426° or 110° 16′ 27″ west
Elevation
535 metres (1,755 feet)
IATA airport code
YOD
ICAO airport code
CYOD
Open location code
956FCP2G+47
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “CFB Cold Lake”
- Chinese: “冷湖加拿大皇家空軍基地”
- French: “base des Forces canadiennes Cold Lake”
- French: “Base des Forces canadiennes Cold Lake”
- German: “Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake”
- Japanese: “コールドレイク空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Cold Lake”
- Persian: “سیافبی کولد لیک”
- Portuguese: “CFB Cold Lake”
- Swedish: “CFB Cold Lake”
- Tajik: “Колд Лейк”
- Tajik: “Сиуфбе кулд лик”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: 4 Wing and Beaver River.
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