Texada/Gillies Bay Airport
{{Short description|Airport in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Texada/Gillies Bay Airport
| IATA = YGB
| ICAO = CYGB
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Regional District of Powell River
| city-served =
| location = Texada Island
| timezone = PST
| utc = UTC−08:00
| summer = PDT
| utcs = UTC−07:00
| elevation-f = 326
| coordinates = {{coord|49|41|39|N|124|31|04|W|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia#Canada
| pushpin_label = CYGB
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in British Columbia
| website = [https://www.qathet.ca/services/transportation/texada-island-airport/ texada-island-airport]
| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-f = 3,000
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| footnotes = Source: Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}
}}
Texada/Gillies Bay Airport {{Airport codes|YGB|CYGB}} is located {{convert|1|NM|lk=in}} northwest of Gillies Bay, Texada Island, British Columbia, Canada. The Texada Aviation Museum and Library is located at the airport, which includes a Airbuzz Mark II simulator which is a homemade flight simulator used during its annual aerospace camp.{{Cite web |title=Texada/Gillies Bay Airport |url=https://www.qathet.ca/services/transportation/texada-island-airport/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=qathet Regional District |language=en-US}} There is also a yearly fly-in.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-06 |title=Texada Annual Fly-In & Fly-In Fling |url=https://texada.org/texada-annual-fly-in/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Texada Arts, Culture & Tourism Society |language=en-US}}
Airlines and destinations
The airport has had no scheduled flights since KD Air ceased operations in 2019.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-19 |title=KD Air flights ceased until early March for airline improvements - Parksville Qualicum Beach News |url=https://www.pqbnews.com/news/kd-air-flights-ceased-until-early-march-for-airline-improvements/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=www.pqbnews.com |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.qathet.ca/services/transportation/texada-island-airport/ Official site]
{{List of airports in Canada}}
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Category:Certified airports in British Columbia
Category:Qathet Regional District
Category:Airports in the Gulf Islands
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