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CFB Winnipeg

Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg is a Royal Canadian Air Force base located within the City of , . Co-located at , CFB Winnipeg is home to many flight operations support divisions, as well as several training schools.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Canadian Forces Base located within the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Also known as: “17 Wing Winnipeg”, “Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg”, “CYWG”, and “YWG”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Winnipeg J. A. Richardson International Airport and Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.

Aerodrome
Photo: RFBailey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport is an international airport located in , , Canada. It is the seventh busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 4,297,478 passengers in 2024, and the 11th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements in the previous year.

Museum
Photo: Bzuk, Public domain.
The is an aviation museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Museum
The is a 30-acre tall grass prairie located between Daisy Road and Harcourt Street, east of Ness Avenue in the St. James-Assiniboia suburb of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. James-Assiniboia and Wolseley.

Suburb
Photo: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a major community area in , , . As it encapsulates most of the city ward of St. James, which includes the major St.

Neighborhood
Photo: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood located within the of , . It is named for field marshal Sir Garnet , a British Army officer who came to in 1870 to suppress the Red River Rebellion.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, , located south of the Canadian Pacific Railway Yards, west of McPhillips Street, north of Notre Dame Avenue, and east of Keewatin Street.

CFB Winnipeg

Latitude
49.8962° or 49° 53′ 46″ north
Longitude
-97.2433° or 97° 14′ 36″ west
Open location code
86X4VQW4+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 96584343
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q1836849
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Satellite Map

Discover CFB Winnipeg from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“CFB Winnipeg” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Base des Forces canadiennes Winnipeg”
  • Cebuano: “Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg”
  • Chinese: “加拿大军事基地温尼伯分基地”
  • Chinese: “加拿大軍事基地溫尼伯分基地”
  • French: “17e Escadre Winnipeg”
  • French: “base des Forces canadiennes Winnipeg”
  • French: “Base des Forces canadiennes Winnipeg”
  • French: “BFC Winnipeg”
  • German: “Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg”
  • German: “CFB Winnipeg”
  • Indonesian: “CYWG”
  • Indonesian: “YWG”
  • Japanese: “ウィニペグ空軍基地”
  • Persian: “سی اف بی وینیپگ”
  • Persian: “سی‌اف‌بی وینیپگ”
  • Russian: “БКВС Виннипег”
  • Russian: “Виннипег”
  • Swedish: “Base des Forces canadiennes Winnipeg”
  • Swedish: “Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg”
  • Tajik: “Виннипег”
  • Tajik: “Си‌уф‌бе винипг”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include CFB Winnipeg Golf Course and Practise Green.

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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 “CFB Winnipeg”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.