Home YQX Overview Location Infrastructure Weather Landing Fees The Gander Touch YQX AT WORK FOR YOU Technical Stops Corporate Jets Cargo Transhipment Gander Foreign Trade Zone Chapter III Aircraft Lifeboat of the North Atlantic SERVICES FBOs Fuel Handling Catering Terminal Facilities Line Maintenance NavCanada BIRD OF FLIGHT Kenneth Lockhead began work on the 72-foot mural in our international transit lounge in the spring of 1959 and was ready for the official opening by Queen Elizabeth II in June of that year. The mural was painted onsite. Those who worked at the airport at the time remember how Mr. Lockhead mixed a batch of eggs each morning before he began his work, as the paint was egg-tempered. The theme of the mural involves the flora and fauna of Canada, or alternatively, the general symbolical theme of the air. Industrial scenes and actual airplanes were not to be included in the mural as these would be invariability become dated by technology. Mr. Lockhead combined the theme of the air with representational forms related to Canadian birds, trees and flowers. His treatment of this idea is a most personal one with a marked emphasis on humanity. GANDER HAS WORLD CLASS AVIATION INFRASTUCTURE INCLUDING: Two paved runways: 03/21 at 10,500 x 200 feet and 13/31 at 8,900 x 200 feet. Runways 03/21 and 13/31 are designed to carry the heaviest aircraft in the world and could accommodate future Airbus A380Fs. Navigational Aids include an ILS II Instrument Landing System; surveillance radar; Non Directional Beacon (NDB); Runway Visual Range (RVR); Omni Directional Range Beacon (VORTAC); and a Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASIS). No restrictions. Open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. No noise abatement procedures or curfews. YQX is the only airport in North America accepting Stage I & II aircraft. Ground equipment. Warehousing, walk-in chill freezer storage unit, main deck loader. YQX: A full-service airport, 24/7, 365 days a year, with everything you need from deicing to icecream. AVIATION SERVICES SUPPORT OPERATIONS Gander Oceanic Area Control Centre, controlling North Atlantic traffic movements, and Airport Control Tower. Ground Handling Services (Allied Aviation Services) - ample ramp space and high-speed pits. Four Fixed Base Operators (FBOs): Esso Aviation; Irving Aviation Services; Shell Aero Centre; and General Aviation Terminal Inc. High speed hydrant refuelling. Aircraft maintenance and repair services to all types of aircraft (Briggs Aero Limited). The airport also offers aircraft maintenance and structural repair, aerospace manufacturing, aerospace training, and flight training. Power Cart, De-icing, Air Starts, Heaters, Lav, Water Services, etc. Hospital near airport; Canada Customs, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and NAV Canada, Canada's private air navigation service, on site.

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