Chibougamau/Chapais Airport

Chibougamau/Chapais Airport
IATA: YMT – ICAO: CYMT – WMO: 71822
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Transports Québec
Serves	Chibougamau, Chapais, Ouje-Bougoumou, Mistissini
Location	Chibougamau, Quebec
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,270 ft / 387 m
Coordinates	49°46′19″N 074°31′41″W / 49.77194°N 74.52806°WCoordinates: 49°46′19″N 074°31′41″W / 49.77194°N 74.52806°W
Map
CYMT Location in Quebec
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 6,495 1,980 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 6,974
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Movements from Statistics Canada.[2]

Chibougamau/Chapais Airport (IATA: YMT, ICAO: CYMT) is located 10.7 nautical miles (19.8 km; 12.3 mi) southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada, or about halfway to Chapais along Route 113.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Creebec	Chisasibi, Eastmain, Montreal-Trudeau, Nemaska, Waskaganish, Wemindji

Incidents

On October 25, 2007 at approximately 0900 local. A Beech King Air 100A operating as "Cree" 501 crashed on approach into Chibougamau (CYMT). Both pilots were fatally injured. No passengers were on board. Speculations as to the cause of the accident was the visibility at the airport. It was 1.5SM and a ceiling of 500 feet.

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
2. Total aircraft movements by class of operation

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Chibougamau/Chapais Airport from Nav Canada as available.