Miramichi Airport


Miramichi Airport is located south of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.
The runway was originally but was shortened to but in 2012 it was re-
extended to and is maintained year-round. It has a pavement overlay, new approach lights and a new taxiway. The airport is the home base of the Department of Natural Resources and Energy Air Tanker Operations, and Forest Protection Limited, who own and operate the air tanker fleet. In addition, a General Electric J85 engine test facility is located at the airport.
The airport is the former site of CFB Chatham, a military air base, which closed in 1996, after military units were moved to other bases. There is one abandoned runway within the airport which is still used for local glider operations. The two southern runways were truncated by the southern boundary fence parallel to the main runway and one was used as a drag strip and the other is an industrial area but the current status is unknown. The top of 04/22 is now taxiway 'B' which was where the ready hangars for the McDonnell CF-101 Voodoos were, leading to the threshold of runway 27.

Runways

Since the closure of the airbase, the airport only has one runway operational for aircraft and one closed runway for glider use only.
The three former runways were paved and marked to indicate their closure or non-use.

Cargo airlines