La Grande Rivière Airport is an airfield location about south southwest of
Radisson,
Quebec
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, Canada. It is used mostly to shuttle
Hydro-Québec personnel between Radisson and the larger cities in Quebec, but it is also served by regular scheduled flights of
Air Inuit.
Air Creebec
Air Creebec Inc. is a regional airline based in Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada. It operates scheduled and charter services to 16 destinations in Quebec and Ontario. Its main base is Val-d'Or Airport, with a hub at Timmins Victor M. Power Airport.
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also served the airport until March 2012.
During the mid- and late 1970s,
Nordair
Nordair was a Quebec-based airline in Canada founded in 1947 from the merger of Boreal Airways and Mont Laurier Aviation.
History
The airline operated from the 1940s to the 1980s. Initially, most of its business was international and transatla ...
operated scheduled passenger flights nonstop to Montreal
Dorval Airport
Dorval () is an on-island suburban city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the largest surface area in Montré ...
(now
Trudeau International Airport) with
Boeing 737-200
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Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two u ...
jetliners on a weekly basis.
[http://www.departedflights.com, April 15, 1975 & Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG) editions, Montreal Dorval Airport flight schedules for Nordair]
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
*On 15 November 1975,
Douglas C-47
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...
C-FCSC of
Nordair
Nordair was a Quebec-based airline in Canada founded in 1947 from the merger of Boreal Airways and Mont Laurier Aviation.
History
The airline operated from the 1940s to the 1980s. Initially, most of its business was international and transatla ...
was damaged beyond economic repair by fire at La Grande Rivière Airport.
*On 1 August 1994, RAF Tornado GR1 ZD844 made an emergency landing at La Grande Rivière Airport. The aircraft had just had a midair collision with another RAF Tornado, ZA397, which then crashed into a nearby reservoir after the crew ejected.
See also
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La Grande-3 Airport
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La Grande-4 Airport
La Grande-4 Airport is an airfield exclusively serving the La Grande-4 hydro-electric generating station in northern Quebec, Canada.
See also
* La Grande Rivière Airport
* La Grande-3 Airport
* La Grande-4/Lac de la Falaise Water Aerodrome
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:La Grande Riviere Airport
James Bay Project
Certified airports in Nord-du-Québec