# Grande Prairie Airport (YQU / CYQU)

**Grande Prairie Airport** (IATA: YQU, ICAO: CYQU) is a medium airport in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,591 m (8,502 ft). In 2017 it handled 405 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqu

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YQU / CYQU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
- Elevation: 669 m / 2,195 ft
- Coordinates: 55.1797, -118.8850
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,591 m / 8,502 ft
- Passengers: 405,191 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Edmonton
- Website: http://www.grandeprairieairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Prairie_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914736
- Weather station: CYQU · WMO 71940
- Ident: CYQU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,591 m / 8,502 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 07/25 | 1,890 m / 6,200 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 387,551 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 405,191 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 556 km / 345 mi · Air Canada Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YQU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 405K (2017) | #1,204 of 3,974 | #280 in North America | #23 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,591 m / 8,502 ft | =2,144 of 29,858 | =464 in North America | =32 in CA |
| Elevation | 669 m / 2,195 ft | =8,034 of 43,403 | =3,721 in North America | =273 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MF GRAND PRAIRIE RDO | 118.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.600 |
| CNTR | EDMONTON CNTR | 134.500 |
| FSS | RDO | 118.100 |
| RCO | EDMONTON RDO | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA-0836](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0836.md) Grovedale Airport · 15 km / 9.2 mi
- [CEU2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ceu2.md) Beaverlodge Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [CFG4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cfg4.md) Debolt Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [CLN4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cln4.md) Beaverlodge / Clanachan Field · 61 km / 38 mi
- [CFS5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cfs5.md) Spirit River Municipal Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [CCP7](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccp7.md) Codessa South Airport · 80 km / 50 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Grande Prairie Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grande_Prairie_Airport&oldid=1369296864), revision of 14 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqu/data