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North Bay/Jack Garland Airport

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North Bay Airport
IATA: YYB - ICAO: CYYB
Summary

<tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">North Bay Jack Garland Airport Corporation</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">North Bay, Ontario</td></tr>

Elevation AMSL 1,215 ft (370 m)
Coordinates 46°21′49″N, 079°25′22″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 10,000 3,048 Asphalt
18/36 4,474 1,364 Asphalt
13/31 2,500 762 Turf

North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport (IATA: YYB, ICAO: CYYB) in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is located on a height of land 4.0 nautical miles (7.41 km) north-northeast of the city. The airport once served as a NORAD base.

The airport is named in memory of Jack Garland, a longtime Member of Parliament for North Bay's Nipissing electoral district. It hosts an annual airshow during North Bay's Heritage Week, with a large military component.

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[edit] Airline Information

Image:JackGarlandAirportInterior.jpg
The North Bay Airport has regularly-scheduled flights by Air Canada Jazz, Bearskin Airlines, and Voyageur Airways.

[edit] Technical Information

[edit] General

  • Latitude/Longitude: 46° 21' 49" north, 79° 25' 22" west
  • Elevation: 1,215 feet (370 meters) MSL
  • Magnetic Variation: 12° west

The airport is operated by the North Bay Jack Garland Airport Corporation, is certified by Transport Canada, and operates as an Airport of Entry with Canadian customs services available.

[edit] Runways

  • Runway 08/26: 10,000×200 feet (3,048×61 meters), paved, lighted, VASI type 2 approach lighting for both ends.
  • Runway 18/36: 4,474×150 feet (1,364×46 meters), paved, lighted, PAPI type 1 approach lighting for both ends.
  • Runway 13/31: 2,500×75 feet (762×23 meters), turf, unlighted.

There is also a glider/ski area of 2,000×75 feet (610×23 meters).

[edit] Communications

  • Mandatory Frequency/ATF: North Bay Radio/Traffic, 118.3 MHz (VDF available)
  • RCO: London Radio, 126.7 MHz
  • ATIS: 124.9 MHz
  • PAL: Toronto Centre, 121.225 MHz

[edit] Navigation Aids

  • VOT: 110.4 MHz
  • NDBs: North Bay (YB), 394 kHz, 1.9 nm 129° to airport; YELLEK (ZYB), 404 kHz, 3.8 nm 77° to airport
  • VOR/DME: North Bay (YYB), 115.4 MHz/Channel 101, at airport
  • ILS: Runway 08/26, 110.9 MHz

[edit] FBOs

Overnight parking is available through the main airport authority.

  • Weisflock Aviation (Shell): 100LL and Jet-A fuel.
  • Voyageur Airport Services (Esso): Jet-A fuel only.

[edit] Airport Managers

Jim Alebertie;
John Murphy;
John David (1998 - 1999);
Owen Andrusiak (1999 - 2003);
Rick Proulx (2003 - present).

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