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 Wg”, “4 Wing”, “4 Wing Cold Lake”, “Central Experimental and Proving Establishment/Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment”, “CFB Cold Lake”, “CYOD”, “Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport”, and “YOD”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaver Crossing and Cold Lake.
Beaver Crossing
Hamlet
Beaver Crossing is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, located on Highway 28 where it crosses the Beaver River, approximately 12 kilometres south of Cold Lake.
Cold Lake
Photo: Chaplain143, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cold Lake is a small city of about 15,000 people in Lakeland, Alberta set against the backdrop of one of Alberta's most beautiful lakes. Home to Canada's largest air force base, Cold Lake is today the amalgamation of three towns, Cold Lake, Grand Centre and Medley, better known as 4-Wing Cold Lake.
Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake
- Categories: airbase, Canadian Forces base, Royal Canadian Air Force Wing, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Cold Lake, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
54.40036° or 54° 24′ 1″ northLongitude
-110.27426° or 110° 16′ 27″ westElevation
535 metres (1,755 feet)IATA airport code
YODICAO airport code
CYODOpen location code
956FCP2G+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 199424474OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap 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: “4 ERE”
- French: “4e ERE”
- French: “4e Escadre Cold Lake”
- French: “4e Escadre”
- French: “base des Forces canadiennes Cold Lake”
- French: “Base des Forces canadiennes Cold Lake”
- French: “BFC Cold Lake”
- French: “CFB Cold Lake”
- French: “Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport”
- French: “Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport”
- German: “Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake”
- German: “CFB Cold Lake”
- Indonesian: “CYOD”
- Indonesian: “YOD”
- Japanese: “コールド・レイク航空基地”
- Japanese: “コールドレイク空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Cold Lake”
- Persian: “سی اف بی کولد لیک”
- Persian: “سیافبی کولد لیک”
- Portuguese: “CFB Cold Lake”
- Swedish: “CFB Cold Lake”
- Tajik: “Колд Лейк”
- Tajik: “Сиуфбе кулд лик”
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