Chibougamau/Chapais Airport | |
Iata: | YMT |
Icao: | CYMT |
Wmo: | 71822 |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | Transports Québec |
City-Served: | Chibougamau, Chapais, Ouje-Bougoumou, Mistissini |
Location: | Chibougamau, Quebec |
Timezone: | EST |
Summer: | EDT |
Elevation-F: | 1,270 |
Coordinates: | 49.7719°N -74.5281°W |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Quebec |
Pushpin Label: | CYMT |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Quebec |
R1-Number: | 04/22 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,495 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2010 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft movements |
Stat1-Data: | 6,974 |
Footnotes: | Source: Canada Flight Supplement Movements from Statistics Canada.[1] |
Chibougamau/Chapais Airport is located 10.7NM southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada, or about halfway to Chapais along Route 113.
On October 25, 2007 at approximately 0900 local time, a Beech King Air 100A operating as "Cree" 501 crashed on approach into Chibougamau (CYMT). Both pilots were fatally injured. No passengers were on board. It was speculated that the cause of the accident was the visibility at the airport, which was 1.5SM with a ceiling of 500 feet.