CFB Cold Lake

CFB Cold Lake Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport
Base des Forces canadiennes Cold Lake
Cold Lake, Alberta in Canada
A CF-18 Hornet of the Royal Canadian Air Force at CFB Cold Lake
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Coordinates	54°24′18″N 110°16′46″W / 54.40500°N 110.27944°W / 54.40500; -110.27944
Type	Canadian Forces base
Site information
Owner	Department of National Defence
Operator	Royal Canadian Air Force
Controlled by	1 Canadian Air Division
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1952 (1952) – 1954
In use	1954 – present
Events	Exercise Maple Flag
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Mark Hickey, CD
Garrison	4 Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: YOD, ICAO: CYOD, WMO: 711200
Elevation	541 metres (1,775 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 13L/31R 3,840.4 metres (12,600 ft) asphalt 13R/31L 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) asphalt 04/22 2,520.6 metres (8,270 ft) asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake (IATA: YOD, ICAO: CYOD), abbreviated as CFB Cold Lake,^[2] is a Canadian Forces Base in the City of Cold Lake, Alberta.^[3]

The facility is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is approximately 35 km (22 mi) south of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR), which is used as practicing grounds by CFB Cold Lake's fighter pilots. The base is one of two in the country housing the CF-18 Hornet fighter, the other being CFB Bagotville. The base's primary RCAF lodger unit is 4 Wing, commonly referred to as 4 Wing Cold Lake.^[2]

Civilian passenger service was available through the Medley passenger terminal on the air base. The regularly scheduled air service between Calgary and the civilian terminal was cancelled in June 2011.^[4] Unscheduled civilian air traffic is usually directed to Cold Lake Regional Airport.

The facility is named Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport after World War II Spitfire ace Robert Wendell "Buck" McNair. It is one of three military aerodromes in Canada to be named after an individual, along with Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport and Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency; however, its use by international flights is currently restricted to military aircraft and personnel.^[1]