La Grande Rivière Airport is an airfield location about south southwest of Radisson,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, 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. ...

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 The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington. 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

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*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 ...

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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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:La Grande Riviere Airport James Bay Project Certified airports in Nord-du-Québec

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