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Val-d'Or Airport (CYVO) lies just south of the town of Val-d'Or in northwestern Quebec, serving as a regional hub with a single long, ILS-equipped runway. It handles scheduled services to northern and remote communities as well as general aviation traffic, making it a useful and substantial stop for a VFR pilot crossing the Abitibi region.
Val-d'Or Airport is a public regional aerodrome operated by Aéroport régional de Val-d'Or, situated close to the town of Val-d'Or in Quebec's Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It is of interest to a visiting pilot chiefly as a well-equipped northern gateway, with a single very long paved runway, an ILS approach, and mandatory-frequency radio coverage, while also seeing regular airline traffic to and from remote communities in northern Quebec and Nunavik.
The airport is located approximately 2.5 nautical miles south of the town of Val-d'Or, Quebec. It operates as a mandatory frequency (MF) area, with Val-d'Or Radio providing traffic and advisory service on the field frequency, and Montreal Centre and Quebec Radio available on remote area frequencies for wider en-route and overlying airspace coordination.
CYVO has a single physical runway, 18/36, of 9,982 feet with a hard surface. The runway is lit, and an ILS approach is available for runway 18.
Val-d'Or Radio provides mandatory frequency (MF) service on 118.5 MHz, which also serves as the RADIO/Traffic frequency. Montreal Centre is available via a remote communications outlet on 125.9 MHz (PAL), and Quebec Radio is available via a remote communications outlet on 126.7 MHz. An ILS is available for runway 18.
The airport has a long history of general and commercial aviation activity in the Abitibi region. On 19 June 1970 a Douglas C-47A (registration CF-AAC) operated by Austin Airways was written off in an accident at Val-d'Or. On 13 March 1994, an Inter-Canadien (Canadian Airlines) ATR 42-300, registered C-GIQV, suffered a propeller blade failure at 17,000 feet while flying between Val-d'Or and Montreal-Dorval, but landed safely back at Montreal.
Val-d'Or Airport continues to function as a regional hub, with Air Creebec operating scheduled services to communities including Chisasibi, Eastmain, Kuujjuarapik, Montreal-Trudeau, Waskaganish and Wemindji. Air Inuit and Nolinor Aviation operate charter flights from the airport, including to mining sites and northern communities such as Kattiniq/Donaldson, Meadowbank Gold Mine and Rankin Inlet. In 2012 the airport recorded around 20,550 aircraft movements, reflecting a steady mix of scheduled, charter and general aviation traffic.
