Churchill Falls Airport

Churchill Falls Airport (IATA: ZUM, ICAO: CZUM) is owned and operated by Churchill Falls Labrador Corporation Limited. Provincial Airlines provides regularly scheduled passenger service at the airport, which handled about 1,400 passengers annually over between 2000 and 2003. The airport is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northwest of Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Churchill Falls Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorChurchill Falls (Labrador) Corp.
LocationChurchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador
Time zoneAST (UTC−04:00)
 • Summer (DST)ADT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL1,442 ft / 440 m
Coordinates53°33′45″N 064°06′21″W
Map
CZUM is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
CZUM
CZUM
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,500 1,676 Asphalt

Four small structures are the only buildings, as the airport has no formal terminal.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
PAL Airlines Goose Bay, Wabush

Historical airline service

The airport had scheduled passenger jet service during the 1970s operated by Eastern Provincial Airways (EPA) with nonstop Boeing 737-200 jetliner flights to Goose Bay and Wabush with connecting service to Halifax and other cities in eastern Canada.[4] In 1970, EPA was operating round trip 737 service six days a week on a routing of St. John's - Gander - Deer Lake - Goose Bay - Churchill Falls - Wabush - Montreal.[5]

Quebecair was serving the airport with BAC One-Eleven jets in 1972 with a round trip routing of Churchill Falls - Wabush - Sept-Iles - Quebec City - Montreal operated twice a week.[6] Quebecair also served Churchill Falls with Fairchild F-27 turboprop aircraft during the late 1960s and early 1970s.[7]

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Airport Divestiture Status Report Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Feb. 1, 1976 North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Churchill Falls flight schedules
  5. http://www.timetableimages.com, Sept. 1, 1970 Eastern Provincial Airways system timetable
  6. http://www.timetableimages.com, May 1, 1972 Quebecair system timetable
  7. http://www.timetableimages.com, June 8, 1969 & June 11, 1973 Quebecair system timetables
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