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Gimli Industrial Park Airport

Gimli, Canada

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Gimli Industrial Park Airport

Gimli, Canada

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753 ft

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Historic Manitoba airfield serving Gimli's industrial corridor.

Opened

1942

Location

Gimli, Canada

Gimli Industrial Park Airport (IATA: YGM, ICAO: CYGM) is a small public airport located in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, situated on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg approximately 75 kilometres north of Winnipeg. The airport occupies the site of the former RCAF Station Gimli, a World War II-era Royal Canadian Air Force base that was decommissioned and later converted to civilian and industrial use. The airport is best known internationally as the emergency landing site of Air Canada Flight 143 on July 23, 1983, when a Boeing 767 ran out of fuel mid-flight due to a fuel calculation error and glided to a safe landing on the disused runway. Today the facility primarily serves general aviation, flight training, and light industrial operations, with no scheduled commercial passenger service.

Getting to & from

The airport is accessible primarily by private vehicle via Provincial Road 222 and Highway 9, with no regular public transit service to the site.

Notable facts

›Built as RCAF Station Gimli during World War II and later converted to civilian use.
›Site of the famous 'Gimli Glider' incident on July 23, 1983, when Air Canada Flight 143 made an emergency unpowered landing.
›The Boeing 767 involved in the Gimli Glider incident ran out of fuel due to a unit conversion error (pounds vs. kilograms).
›The airport hosts an annual automotive event on its long runways, known as the Gimli Motorsport Park.
›Elevation is approximately 760 feet (232 metres) above sea level.

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