Gimli Industrial Park Airport
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| Gimli Industrial Park Airport | |||
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| IATA: YGM - ICAO: CYGM | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | public | ||
| Operator | Rural Municipality of Gimli | ||
| Serves | Gimli, Manitoba | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 753 ft (230 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 6,800 | 2,073 | Asphalt |
Gimli Industrial Park Airport, (IATA: YGM, ICAO: CYGM), is a former military field located 2.0 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. 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.
[edit] History
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.
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[1], 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.
[edit] References
- Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 March 2007 to 0901Z 10 May 2007.
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