# Goose Bay Airport (YYR)

> Goose Bay, CA · IATA: YYR · ICAO: CYYR · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YYR` |
| ICAO | `CYYR` |
| City | Goose Bay |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 49 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 53.31920, -60.42580 |

## Description

PAL Airlines is the commercial backbone of Goose Bay, running both scheduled flights and a dedicated cargo operation with express and priority shipping into a region where many communities have no road access. From the administrative centre of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, the airport supplies large stretches of Labrador and northern Quebec with consumer goods, construction materials and medical freight, with regional carriers such as Air Borealis feeding smaller strips. Long runways inherited from the military airfield CFB Goose Bay accommodate heavy aircraft and once made the field a key transatlantic ferry and refuelling stop. Customs handling is available for international technical and cargo stops. Overland links run south toward the Trans-Labrador Highway, but for the remote north the airlift is essential rather than optional. For freight forwarders, YYR is the pivot between southern road networks and the northern air bridge. Weather and seasonal demand shape scheduling more than at southern airports.

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