CFB Gander

CFB Gander
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada
CFB Gander Location in Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates	48°56′13″N 054°34′05″W / 48.93694°N 54.56806°W / 48.93694; -54.56806
Type	Military air base / civilian airport
Site information
Owner	Department of National Defence
Operator	Royal Canadian Air Force 1941 (1941) – present
Civilian operator	Gander Airport Corporation
Website	http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/9-wing/index.page?
Site history
Built	1936 (1936) – 1941 (1941)
Built by	Royal Canadian Air Force
In use	1936 (1936) – present
Battles/wars	Battle of the Atlantic
Garrison information
Current commander	Lieutenant Colonel Rhea MacLean
Garrison	9 Wing
Occupants	103 Search and Rescue Squadron 5 Canadian Rangers CFS Leitrim Detachment International Ice Patrol (1982−1989) 226 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (1953−1990) 4th Antisubmarine Squadron (1943) 6th Antisubmarine Squadron (1943) 19th Antisubmarine Squadron (1943) No. 10 Squadron (1941−1945) No. 5 Squadron (1941−1945) No. 116 Squadron (1941−1945) No. 126 Squadron (1942−1945) No. 127 Squadron (1942−1945) No. 129 Squadron (1942−1945) 21st Reconnaissance Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: YQX, ICAO: CYQX
Elevation	496 ft (151 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 10,200 ft (3,100 m) Asphalt concrete 13/31 8,900 ft (2,700 m) Asphalt concrete 09/27 1,848 ft (563 m) Asphalt concrete[1]

Canadian Forces Base Gander (also CFB Gander, IATA: YQX, ICAO: CYQX), is a Canadian Forces base located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home to search and rescue operations that cover a vast swath of the western North Atlantic and southern Arctic and a Canadian Coastal Radar station amongst other things. It is home to 9 Wing Gander.

CFB Gander is co-located at Gander International Airport.