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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