Mould Bay Airport

Mould Bay Airport
IATA: YMD ICAO: CYMD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Environment Canada
Location	Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Coordinates	76°14′21″N119°19′07″W / 76.23917°N 119.31861°W / 76.23917; -119.31861 Coordinates: 76°14′21″N119°19′07″W / 76.23917°N 119.31861°W / 76.23917; -119.31861
Map
CYMD Location in the Northwest Territories
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement [1]

Mould Bay Airport( IATA : YMD, ICAO : CYMD) was located on the Prince Patrick Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. It was built in 1948 as a joint effort between Canada and the United States to service the former Environment Canada weather station. The station was automated in 1997 which eliminated the need for an airport; however, the island is still^{[ when? ]} occasionally visited by members of the Canadian Forces and by aircrew ferrying in supplies and personnel for oil and gas site remediation. ^[2]

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. Nuttall, Mark (2012). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge. p. 1696. ISBN   1579584365.

External links

• Accident history for YMD: Mould Bay Airport at Aviation Safety Network