| Geraldton (Greenstone Regional) Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Town of Greenstone | ||||||||||
| Location | Geraldton, Ontario | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,143 ft / 348 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°46′43″N086°56′19″W / 49.77861°N 86.93861°W Coordinates: 49°46′43″N086°56′19″W / 49.77861°N 86.93861°W | ||||||||||
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Geraldton (Greenstone Regional) Airport, ( IATA : YGQ, ICAO : CYGQ), is located 3 nautical mile s (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada.
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used in both air and marine navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. Historically, it was defined as one minute of a degree of latitude. Today it is defined as exactly 1852 metres. The derived unit of speed is the knot, one nautical mile per hour.
