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La Grande Rivière airport (Canada)
La Grande Rivière airport is located near La Grande Rivière, with Chisasibi at 26mi↑, Wemindji at 66mi↑, Eastmain at 101mi↑, Kuujjuarapik at 115mi↑, Nemiscau at 144mi↑, Nord-du-Québec at 164mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of La Grande Rivière airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYGL
- IATA code : YGL
- Local code : -
Elevation : 195 m = 640ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 13/31 : 1981m = 6499ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to La Grande Rivière airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia Abritel Stay22
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- La Grande Rivière airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Chisasibi airport at 51mi : book on Trip.com
- La Grande-3 airport at 62mi : book on Trip.com
weather : overcast at Chisasibi
-6 ↗ 16°F
wind ↑ 4mph
extreme cold alert with -6°F at Chisasibi
Friday : extreme cold alert with -18°F at Chisasibi
Aviation weather for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
METAR for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
CYGL 200000Z 13004KT 15SM FEW240 M12/M16 A2997 RMK CI2 SLP173
Decoded METAR for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
METAR issued by CYGL on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 00:00 UTC, issued 40 minutes ago.
visibility is 24km = 15sm.
The temperature is -12°C = 10°F, dew point is -16°C = 3°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 72 %.
QNH is 1015hPa = 29.97inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 130°.
Clouds : few clouds at 24000ft = 7320m.
Remarks : CI2 Sea Level Pressure SLP=173
TAF for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
CYGL 192340Z 2000/2024 VRB03KT P6SM FEW020 FEW240 FM200600 VRB03KT P6SM SCT020 TEMPO 2006/2014 SCT008 BKN020 PROB30 2008/2013 2SM BR BKN008 FM201400 27005KT P6SM SCT020 FM202100 28006KT P6SM SKC RMK NXT FCST BY 200600Z
Decoded TAF for La Grande Rivière airport CYGL YGL
TAF issued by CYGL on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 23:40 UTC, issued 1 hours and 0 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, March 19, 2026 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, March 20, 2026 à 06:00 heure UTC
2000/2024 VRB03KT P6SM FEW020 FEW240
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 2000ft = 610m few clouds at 24000ft = 7320m
from Friday, March 20, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Friday, March 20, 2026 à 14:00 heure UTC
FM200600 VRB03KT P6SM SCT020
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
temporarily from Friday, March 20, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Friday, March 20, 2026 à 14:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2006/2014 SCT008 BKN020
scattered clouds at 800ft = 240m broken at 2000ft = 610m
probability of 30% to have from Friday, March 20, 2026 à 08:00 heure TU to Friday, March 20, 2026 à 13:00 heure UTC
PROB30 2008/2013 2SM BR BKN008
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
mist
broken at 800ft = 240m
from Friday, March 20, 2026 à 14:00 heure TU to Friday, March 20, 2026 à 21:00 heure UTC
FM201400 27005KT P6SM SCT020
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
from Friday, March 20, 2026 à 21:00 heure TU to Friday, March 20, 2026 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM202100 28006KT P6SM SKC
sky clear
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
NOTAM for La Grande Rivière airport
Around La Grande Rivière airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Chisasibi
- MoMA (New York) at 906mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 952mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 3291mi↑
- Paris at 3292mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 3293mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 3337mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 3357mi↑
- Bordeaux at 3357mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 3357mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 3357mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 3370mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 3371mi↑
- for La Grande Rivière airport at 0mi↑
- for La Grande airport at 3mi↑
- for Chisasibi airport at 51mi↑
nearest airports to La Grande Rivière airport (Canada)
- La Grande airport ( CA-0198) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- Chisasibi airport ( YKU CSU2) at 51mi↑
- Fort George airport ( CA-0134) at 55mi↑defunct airport
- La Grande-3 airport (CYAD YAR ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Wemindji airport (CYNC YNC ) at 63mi↑NOTAM
- Eleonore airport ( CEL8) at 92mi↑
- Eastmain River airport (CZEM ZEM ) at 102mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Cape Jones airport ( CA-0079) at 107mi↑defunct airport
- Opinaca airport ( YOI ) at 107mi↑
- Poste Lemoyne (Complex Lg-3) heliport ( CSY6) at 110mi↑
- Kuujjuarapik airport (CYGW YGW ) at 114mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Nemiscau airport (CYHH YNS ) at 149mi↑NOTAM
- Waskaganish airport (CYKQ YKQ ) at 155mi↑TAF NOTAM
- Moosonee airport (CYMO YMO ) at 202mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Moosonee seaplane base ( CNB7) at 205mi↑
- Moose Factory heliport ( CPN3) at 205mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Canada
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap