Wabush Airport

Wabush Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTransport Canada
ServesLabrador City
LocationWabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Operating base for
PAL Airlines
Time zoneAST (UTC−04:00)
 • Summer (DST)ADT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL1,809 ft (551 m)
Coordinates52°55′22″N 066°51′53″W / 52.92278°N 66.86472°W / 52.92278; -66.86472
Map
YWK/CYWK is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
YWK/CYWK
YWK/CYWK
Location in Newfoundland and Labrador
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 6,002 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements11,663
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Wabush Airport (IATA: YWK, ICAO: CYWK) is 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It serves Labrador West including Labrador City and Wabush as well as Fermont, Quebec.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
PAL Airlines Churchill Falls,[4] Deer Lake (NL),[5] Gander,[5] Goose Bay,[4] Moncton,[6] Mont-Joli,[7] Montréal–Trudeau,[8] Québec City,[9] St. John's,[10] Sept-Îles[11]

The airport is also served by private charter flights, most notably Norlinor Aviation, that provide travel for contractors working at both mines using Boeing 737 aircraft.

Prior to December 2023, the airport was also serviced by Pascan Aviation. Air Canada also provided service through Jazz Aviation, operating under the Air Canada Express banner, but all flights ceased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Historical airline service

According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the Wabush Airport was served by several airlines operating scheduled passenger jet flights during the 1970s including Eastern Provincial Airways operating Boeing 737-200 jets with nonstop flights from Churchill Falls, Labrador and Goose Bay, Labrador as well as direct, no change of plane jet service from Deer Lake, Newfoundland, Gander, Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Stephenville, Newfoundland, and Quebecair operating Boeing 727-100 and British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jets with nonstop service from Montreal, Quebec, Gagnon, Quebec, Schefferville, Quebec and Sept-Iles, Quebec as well as direct, no change of plane jet service from Mont Joli, Quebec and Quebec City, Quebec.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 November 2025 to 0901Z 22 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
  3. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. 1 2 Cooke, Jodi (23 December 2025). "Wabush Airport runway reopens with limited flights". NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  5. 1 2 King, Allison (14 July 2020). "Labrador Business Community Urging Air Canada to Revive Service to Wabush". VOCM. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  6. ↑ Ridgeley, Sean (8 January 2026). "Bell Island woman has nightmare trip back to NS, blames airlines". Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "PAL Airlines Announces Network and Capacity Growth in Quebec". 2 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Les dernières nouvelles de PAL Airlines!" (in French). 8 July 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Numerous Flights Cancelled by PAL Airlines, Porter, Air Canada and WestJet Across Canada in Montreal-Trudeau, Quebec, Halifax and Calgary Airports: Here is What You Need to Know - Travel And Tour World". 22 October 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Atter, Heidi (7 May 2025). "Airport CEO says province's new 'air travel loop' for the Island drawing 'ire' and 'anger' in Labrador". The Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Travel Chaos in Canada: PAL Airlines Cancels Several New Flights from Newfoundland, Quebec, Labrador and More – What Passengers Need to Know - Travel And Tour World". 21 October 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  12. ↑ Feb. 1, 1975 & Sept. 15, 1978 Official Airline Guide (OAG) North American editions, Wabush flight schedules


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