Miramichi Airport is located south of

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. The runway was originally but was shortened to ; in 2012 it was re-extended to and is maintained year-round.Miramichi Airport
/ref> It has a pavement overlay (from 1998), new approach lights and a new taxiway. The airport is the home base of the Department of Natural Resources and Energy Air Tanker Operations, and Forest Protection Limited, who own and operate the air tanker fleet. In addition, a

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engine test facility is located at the airport. The airport is the former site of

CFB Chatham Canadian Forces Base Chatham or CFB Chatham was a Canadian Forces Base located immediately south of the town of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. Parts are now operating as Miramichi Municipal Airport since 1974 with a partial runway available ( ...

, a military air base, which closed in 1996, after military units were moved to other bases. There is one abandoned runway within the airport which is still used for local

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operations. The two southern runways (04/22 and 15/33) were truncated by the southern boundary fence parallel to the main runway and one (15/33) was used as a drag strip and the other (04/22) is an industrial area but the current status is unknown. The top of 04/22 is now taxiway 'B' which was where the ready hangars for the

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s were, leading to the threshold of runway 27.

Runways

Since the closure of the airbase, the airport only has one runway operational for aircraft and one closed runway for glider use only. * 09/27 - - asphalt lighted - operational

Closed

The three former runways were paved and marked to indicate their closure or non-use.Miramichi Airport
/ref> * 04/22 – - truncated at airport fence - closed * 10/28 – - glider only * 15/33 – - truncated at airport fence - converted to drag strip

Airlines and destinations

Cargo airlines

References

Airport diagrams Navcanada
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