Halifax / CFB Shearwater Heliport

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IATA: YAW

ICAO: CYAW

TC: YAW


METAR: METAR CXMI 051100Z AUTO 30021G31KT M10/M13 RMK AO1 PK WND 31031/1056 SLP155 T11021126 51030

TAF: N/A

Reporting Station: CXMI (2.7 NM at True Heading of 213)
Visibility: SM
Flight Category: N/A
Altimeter: N/A
Temperature: -10.2 C (13.64 F)
Dewpoint: -12.6 C (9.32 F)

METAR: METAR CYAW 051100Z 30020G30KT 15SM SCT025 M12/M16 A2999 RMK SC3 DENSITY ALT -3313FT FST OBS SLP159

TAF: TAF AMD CYAW 042052Z 0420/0506 24008G18KT P6SM SCT030 OVC060 TEMPO 0420/0424 24015G25KT 5SM -SHRA -DZ BR BKN020 OVC030 FM050000 29015G25KT 5SM -SHRASN SCT008 OVC020 FM050100 30015G30KT 2SM -SHSN BKN008 OVC015 FM050300 30015G30KT P6SM -SHSN SCT020 OVC030 RMK NXT FCST BY 050000Z

Reporting Station: CYAW (0.4 NM at True Heading of 235)
Visibility: 15SM
Flight Category: VFR
Altimeter: 1015.7
Temperature: -12 C (10.4 F)
Dewpoint: -16 C (3.2 F)

Location

Latitude: 
44-38-22.9272N (44.639702)
Longitude: 
063-29-57.8436W (-63.499401)
Elevation: 
144 feet MSL (44 m MSL)
Magnetic Variation: 
16.2 W (as of December 2025 from WMM2020 model)
Time Zone: 
UTC -4.0 (Standard Time)
UTC -3.0 (Daylight Savings Time)

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Operations

Airport Status: 
Operational
Facility Use: 
Public
Type: 
Heliport
Traffic Pattern Altitude (MSL): 
1144 feet (349 m)

Based Aircraft

Annual Operations (as of )

Communications

TWR:  119
GND:  121.7
HALIFAX APP/DEP:  119.2
ATIS:  129.175
ATF:  126.2
OPS:  30.88
PMSV METRO:  34.46
   

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Runways

Runway Summary

Runways: [X] 10/28
[X] 16/34
16H/34H
Longest Runway: [X] 16/34 is 8998 ft (2743 m) long
Runways with an Instrument Approach:

YAW Heliport Runway Details

Runway [X] 10/28  5692 ft x 200 ft (1735 m x 61 m)
Runway Edge Lights:  Yes Intensity

Runway [X] 10

Runway [X] 28

Elevation: 
167 132
Latitude: 
44.63890075683 44.63999938964
Longitude: 
-63.51610183715 -63.49440002441
Runway True Alignment: 
84.8 264.8
Glide Path Angle: 
0.0 degrees 0.0 degrees
REIL: 
Yes Yes
Threshold Elevation: 
167 132

Runway [X] 16/34  8998 ft x 200 ft (2743 m x 61 m)

Runway [X] 16

Runway [X] 34

Elevation: 
136 119
Latitude: 
44.64939880371 44.63079833984
Longitude: 
-63.50569915771 -63.48289871215
Runway True Alignment: 
139 319
Glide Path Angle: 
0.0 degrees 0.0 degrees
Threshold Elevation: 
136 119

Runway 16H/34H  3500 ft x 112 ft (1067 m x 34 m)
Runway Edge Lights:  Yes Intensity

Runway 16H

Runway 34H

Glide Path Angle: 
0.0 degrees 0.0 degrees
REIL: 
Yes Yes

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