Churchill Falls Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Churchill Falls Airport

| IATA = ZUM

| ICAO = CZUM

| WMO = 71182

| type = Public

| owner-oper = Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp.

| city-served =

| location = Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador

| timezone = AST

| utc = UTC−04:00

| summer = ADT

| utcs = UTC−03:00

| elevation-f = 1,442

| coordinates = {{coord|53|33|45|N|064|06|21|W|region:CA-NL|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Canada Newfoundland and Labrador

| pushpin_label = CZUM

| website =

| r1-number = 13/31

| r1-length-f = 5,500

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Sources: Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}
Environment Canada[http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/prods_servs/metstat1_e.html Synoptic/Metstat Station Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201114641/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/prods_servs/metstat1_e.html |date=December 1, 2011 }}
Transport Canada[http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/programs/airports-status-menu-441.htm Airport Divestiture Status Report] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224638/http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/programs/airports-status-menu-441.htm |date=March 3, 2016 }}

}}

Churchill Falls Airport {{Airport codes|ZUM|CZUM}} is owned and operated by Churchill Falls Labrador Corporation Limited. Provincial Airlines provides regularly scheduled passenger service at the airport, which handled about 1,400 passengers annually over between 2000 and 2003. The airport is located {{convert|4|NM|lk=in}} northwest of Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Four small structures are the only buildings, as the airport has no formal terminal.

Airlines and destinations

{{airport-dest-list

| PAL Airlines | Goose Bay, Wabush

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Historical airline service

The airport had scheduled passenger jet service during the 1970s operated by Eastern Provincial Airways (EPA) with nonstop Boeing 737-200 jetliner flights to Goose Bay and Wabush with connecting service to Halifax and other cities in eastern Canada.Feb. 1, 1976 North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Churchill Falls flight schedules In 1970, EPA was operating round trip 737 service six days a week on a routing of St. John's - Gander - Deer Lake - Goose Bay - Churchill Falls - Wabush - Montreal.http://www.timetableimages.com, Sept. 1, 1970 Eastern Provincial Airways system timetable

Quebecair was serving the airport with BAC One-Eleven jets in 1972 with a round trip routing of Churchill Falls - Wabush - Sept-Iles - Quebec City - Montreal operated twice a week.http://www.timetableimages.com, May 1, 1972 Quebecair system timetable Quebecair also served Churchill Falls with Fairchild F-27 turboprop aircraft during the late 1960s and early 1970s.http://www.timetableimages.com, June 8, 1969 & June 11, 1973 Quebecair system timetables

References

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  • [http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/atl/2003/03-a005e.htm Transport Canada article]