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Gimli Industrial Park Airport IATA: YGM – ICAO: CYGM is a public airport, operated by the rural municipality of Gimli. Elevation: AMSL 753 ft / 230 m. Runways: 15/33 are 6,800 and 2,073 meters, with an asphalt surface.
Gimli Industrial Park Airport, is a former military field located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. Opened as RCAF Station Gimli, the airfield served during World War II as the home of Service Flying Training School #18 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
The field is now operated as a civilian airport, with one of the original parallel runways decommissioned and now a significant portion of Gimli Motorsport Park. Current flying-related activities here include use by Manitoba Provincial Government's water bomber squadron, the Regional Gliding School (Prairie), and two private flying schools. Gimli is also used by No. 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron based out of No. 17 Wing Winnipeg, for training purposes.
In 1983, the airport briefly became famous when an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel over southern Manitoba and successfully glided to a landing at Gimli Motorsport Park, though (unfortunately) on the decommissioned runway during a road racing competition. There were no serious injuries, and the incident became known under the name Gimli Glider.
» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
» www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html
Gimli Industrial Park Airport, is a former military field located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. Opened as RCAF Station Gimli, the airfield served during World War II as the home of Service Flying Training School #18 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
The field is now operated as a civilian airport, with one of the original parallel runways decommissioned and now a significant portion of Gimli Motorsport Park. Current flying-related activities here include use by Manitoba Provincial Government's water bomber squadron, the Regional Gliding School (Prairie), and two private flying schools. Gimli is also used by No. 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron based out of No. 17 Wing Winnipeg, for training purposes.
In 1983, the airport briefly became famous when an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel over southern Manitoba and successfully glided to a landing at Gimli Motorsport Park, though (unfortunately) on the decommissioned runway during a road racing competition. There were no serious injuries, and the incident became known under the name Gimli Glider.
» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
» www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Industrial_Park_Airport
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Coordinates: 50°37'44"N 97°2'35"W
- Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport 63 km
- Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport - YWG 79 km
- Portage la Prairie Airport 119 km
- Dauphin (Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport) 219 km
- Brandon Airport 223 km
- Sioux Lookout Airport (IATA: YXL, ICAO: CYXL) 368 km
- Keewaywin Airport 391 km
- Jenpeg Airport 439 km
- The Pas Airport 465 km
- Pickle Lake Airport 486 km
- Runway 15/33 0.1 km
- Former runway 15/33 0.5 km
- Gimli Motorsports Park 0.7 km
- Old Sedleski farm & homestead 22 km
- Crescent Lake 31 km
- Norris Lake 31 km
- The Snake Dance 36 km
- North Shoal Lake 46 km
- East Shoal Lake 49 km
- West Shoal Lake 55 km
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