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Goose Bay Airport
Address: Dakota Dr, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P, Canada
Phone: (709) 896-5445
State: Newfoundland and Labrador
County: Division No. 10
City: Happy Valley-Goose Bay


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As good of an airport as you would expect in a small town. Place is very clean, and workers are very polite. Just there is not much to do other than getting on the plane.
Thanks for taking care of Uzbekistan Airlines passengers and crew on 09/11/01
Great service at Woodward Aviation Services FBO !
Airport is clean and safe distancing. No food or beverages sold at the airport so bring your own food/snacks.
It's a fine airport, with unfortunately little to do but wait. There is a small coffee shop and adjacent gift store. Place is clean and security will help with pretty much everything!
Very polite staff, Pal airlines don't need you to be there 2hrs in advance, just 1 hr in advance. Flight was good and faster than air Canada, our flight attendant with Pal was amazing, thank you Bec!
Mother nature won flight cancelled. Sadly large number of men possibly muskrat employees. @ 330-4pm, 3 men not wearing mask I side the airport. I reported it and security spoke with them than announced on PA social distance hand washing but no mention of NL provinicial protocol to remain masked in all public places as airport has signage as well. A missed opportunity to announce keep those masks on.
Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay IATA: YYR, ICAO: CYYR, commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF. Its primary RCAF lodger unit is 5 Wing, commonly referred to as 5 Wing Goose Bay. The airfield at CFB Goose Bay is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Goose Bay Airport. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency CBSA. CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. The mission of 5 Wing is to support the defence of North American airspace, as well as to support the RCAF and allied air forces in training. Two units compose 5 Wing: 444 Combat Support Squadron flying the CH-146 Griffon and 5 Wing Air Reserve Flight. CFB Goose Bay also serves as a forward operating location for RCAF CF-18 Hornet aircraft and the base and surrounding area is occasionally used to support units of the Canadian Army during training exercises. While the flat and relatively weather-favoured area around North West River had for years been under consideration for an airport for the anticipated North Atlantic air routes, it was not until Eric Fry of the Dominion Geodetic Survey investigated the area on 1 July 1941 that the Goose Bay location was selected. Fry beat by three days a similar United States Army Air Forces USAAF survey team under Captain Elliott Roosevelt; the American team had first investigated nearby Epinette Point before joining Fry at the sandy plains that would become Goose Bay. These surveys used amphibious aircraft that landed at the Grenfell Mission; from there the teams explored by boat. Eric Fry recalled: "The airport is actually located on the plateau at the west end of Terrington Basin but it is only five miles inland from the narrows between Goose Bay and Terrington Basin. Having a Gander air base in Newfoundland I suggested we call the Labrador site Goose Bay airport and the suggestion was accepted." Under pressure from Britain and the United States the Canadian Air Ministry worked at a record pace, and by November, three 2,100-metre 7,000 ft gravel runways were ready. The first land aircraft movement was recorded on 9 December 1941. By spring of 1942 the base, now carrying the wartime codename Alkali, was bursting with air traffic destined for the United Kingdom. In time, the USAAF and the British Royal Air Force RAF each developed sections of the triangular base for their own use, but the airport remained under overall Canadian control despite its location in the Dominion of Newfoundland, not yet a part of Canada. The 99-year lease arrangement with the United Kingdom was not finalized until October 1944. In 1950, Trans-Canada Air Lines TCA was operating round trip transatlantic service via a stop at the airport with a routing of Montreal Dorval Airport - Goose Bay - Glasgow Prestwick Airport - London Airport now London Heathrow Airport flown with Canadair North Star aircraft which was a Canadian manufactured version of the Douglas DC-4. By 1962, Trans-Canada was serving Goose Bay with nonstop flights twice a week from Montreal Dorval Airport operated with Vickers Vanguard turboprop aircraft. In 1981, Eastern Provincial Airways was the only airline serving Goose Bay with nonstop Boeing 737-200 jet service from Churchill Falls, Deer Lake Newfoundland and Labrador, Halifax, Montreal Dorval Airport, St. John's, Stephenville and Wabush although none of these flights were operated on a daily basis. By 1989, Canadian Airlines International was operating nonstop Boeing 737-200 jet service to Montreal Dorval Airport four days a week. On January 23, 2021 Air Canada Express ended service from the airport to Halifax Airport because of reduced demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As this airport is a major stop for ocean hoppers, I am glad the very kind and accommodating staff are the first to represent our beautiful country. Thanks for the ice cream!
Very Nice Airport
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