Michel-Pouliot Gaspé Airport

Michel-Pouliot Gaspé Airport or Gaspé (Michel-Pouliot) Airport (IATA: YGP, ICAO: CYGP) is located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. The airport is non-towered, but has a mandatory frequency linked remotely to the flight service station (FSS) located in Mont-Joli. There are instrument approaches available for poor weather.

Michel-Pouliot Gaspé Airport Gaspé (Michel-Pouliot) Airport
IATA: YGP ICAO: CYGP WMO: 71188
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Municipality of Gaspé
Serves	Gaspé, Quebec
Location	Gaspé, Quebec
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	48°46′30″N 064°28′54″W
Website	https://ville.gaspe.qc.ca/en/services-municipaux/informations-rapides/aeroport-michel-pouliot-de-gaspe
Map
CYGP Location in Quebec
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 5,488 1,673 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 4,506 Number of passengers 21,000 (appx.)
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3] Passengers from Town of Gaspe site[4]

Both the city and airport are located in a valley that is oriented in a more or less east–west direction, with the eastern end open to the ocean and the western end terminating in the highlands. For this reason, most small (i.e. unpressurized) aircraft prefer to approach from the east, thereby avoiding the steep descent over the high hills to the west.

History

Transport Canada began construction of the airport in 1965,^{[dubious – discuss]} and handed control to the municipality in 1967 (while continuing to subsidize the airport). The airport added a terminal building in 1972, and a hangar and flight service station in 1974. The hangar was destroyed by a fire in 1978 and rebuilt in 1979; the flight service station has subsequently been closed. In 1983, Transport Canada installed navigation aids (the airport has both a VOR and a LOC), and formally handed full control of the airport over to the municipality in 1998 as a result of the National Airports Policy.

Air Canada, the only airline that was operating scheduled passenger flights from the airport, indefinitely suspended its routes to Gaspé Airport in June 2020 due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.^[5] Pascan Aviation and PAL Airlines started operation in mid 2021.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
PAL Airlines	Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Montreal–Trudeau, Quebec City
Pascan Aviation	Bonaventure, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Montreal–Saint-Hubert, Quebec City

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived June 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. Michel Pouliot Gaspé Airport
5. Evans, Pete (June 30, 2020). "Air Canada cancels 30 domestic routes, closes 8 stations at regional airports". CBC News. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

External links

• Gaspé Michel-Pouliot Airport (in English)
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Gaspé Airport from Nav Canada as available.