JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Sydney Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Cape Breton Regional Municipality | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 6, 1929[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 203 ft / 62 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°09′41″N 060°02′53″W / 46.16139°N 60.04806°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport (IATA: YQY, ICAO: CYQY) is a regional airport located in Reserve Mines in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The airport serves the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) and the surrounding areas of Cape Breton Island. McCurdy Sydney Airport has the distinction of being the oldest public airport in Nova Scotia, first licensed on August 3, 1929.[5][6]
The airport features two runways and one passenger terminal, along with several hangars and maintenance facilities.
Nav Canada classifies Sydney as an airport of entry by and as such is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 44 passengers, or with staged offloading of up to 200 passengers.[2]
- ^ Caplan, 1990, page 72
- ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
- ^ McGrath, 1992, page 219
- ^ Caplan, 1990, page 88