CYYT St. John's International Airport
Information contained herein is intended for use with Flight Simulator
only.
Updated January 26, 2004
Maintained by Michael Oxner, FIR Chief
The largest city on the island of Newfoundland is St. John's. By all accounts,
a very friendly city to find one's self in. Another one of Newfoundland and
Labrador's airports serving Trans Atlantic flights, this airport is also known
world-wide for something else: Weather. Some of the world's best meteorologists
have studied the location because of a phenomenon that doesn't happen on many
other places in the world. It's a normal day there to have visibility down
in the range of 0-1/4 mile in fog, and have winds upwards of 40 knots in
the process. Over the years, they have seen winds significantly higher, as
well. Given the coarse geography of the area, the rugged coastlines with steep,
tall cliffs, it's not surprising that they have notes regarding windshear
on the instrument approach plates. Many horror stories of pilots actually
losing control of their aircraft due to tough flight conditions like severe
turbulence at low levels have been told and retold, and will occur again.
Even experienced pilots have troubles in there sometimes, but at least they
know what to expect. Are you ready for it?
Once again, there's no shortage of aviation servicing companies here.
Being one of the first points of landfall coming west, and one of the "last
chance for gas" airports when heading east, it's a prime spot for any flight
to make a stop, for any of many reasons. Many light aircraft being ferried
overseas stop here for fuel before they make their 10-13 hour journeys to
the Azores in the mid-Atlantic, on their way to Europe, Africa, and beyond.
The control zone here is Class D airspace out to 7NM and 3,500 feet ASL.
The airspace surrounding the airport is Class E Mode C transponder airspace.
The team of Steve and Craig Mosher of Nova Scotia have completed a great
scenery file for St. John's airport. It's available for downloading from
this site by clicking here. (approx 7.5MB)
