Goose Lake Aerodrome

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Goose Lake Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorSabina Gold and Silver Corp.
Location Goose Lake
Time zone MST (UTC−07:00)
  Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation  AMSL 907 ft / 276 m
Coordinates 65°33′07″N106°26′09″W / 65.55194°N 106.43583°W / 65.55194; -106.43583 Coordinates: 65°33′07″N106°26′09″W / 65.55194°N 106.43583°W / 65.55194; -106.43583
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CGS2
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
16/346,5642,001Ice
14/322,999914Gravel

Goose Lake Aerodrome( TC LID : CGS2) is a privately owned aerodrome with an all weather gravel runway and a seasonal ice runway located on Goose Lake, Nunavut, Canada. The ice runway is, subject to operator maintenance, open from January to April, and, along with the land based gravel runway, service the related explorations for gold as part of the Back River Gold Project.

The ice runway at Goose Lake has been featured on the television show "Ice Pilots NWT" on The Weather Channel in the U.S. with Canadian air carrier Buffalo Airways operating Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft on cargo flights into the seasonal ice runway. [2]

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