Pitt Meadows Regional Airport

Pitt Meadows Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorPitt Meadows Airport Society[1]
ServesMetro Vancouver
LocationPitt Meadows, British Columbia
Time zonePST (UTC−08:00)
 • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates49°12′58″N 122°42′48″W / 49.21611°N 122.71333°W / 49.21611; -122.71333
Websitewww.flyypk.ca
Map
CYPK is located in British Columbia
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Location in British Columbia
CYPK is located in Canada
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08L/26R 2,485 757 Asphalt
08R/26L 5,003 1,525 Asphalt
18/36 2,484 757 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
1 68[2] 21[2] Asphalt
2 68[2] 21[2] Asphalt
3 50[2] 15[2] Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft Movements112,872

Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (ICAO: CYPK) is a Canadian general aviation airport located in the southwest corner of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia. In 2022, the airport had 127,284 aircraft movements, making it the 3rd busiest airport in British Columbia and the 9th busiest airport in Canada.[4]

The first airport manager was Gordon McNeill 1966-1972. By 1972-1973, Pitt Meadows was the busiest airport in Canada with over 250,000 aircraft movements annually, but with the opening of Boundary Bay Airport in Delta, British Columbia in 1983, air traffic at Pitt Meadows Airport declined steadily.

In January 1998, the districts of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows jointly took custody of the airport from the federal government under the auspices of the Pitt Meadows Airport Society.[1]

Nine flight training schools are located at the airport. The airport features three asphalt runways, three helipads, IFR approaches, and a separate float plane dock along the Fraser River. The Nav Canada air traffic control tower operates from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 365 days per year.

In 2019, the airport terminal was moved to make room for a new 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) two-level terminal building. The new terminal opened in January 2022.[5][6][7]

Airlines and destinations

Unlike Vancouver or Abbotsford International Airport, only on-demand flights are offered by private charter and air taxis from Pitt Meadows Regional Airport throughout Western Canada, with the majority of destinations in British Columbia.

AirlinesDestinations
Harbour Air Victoria (suspended)
BC Air Charter: Abbotsford, Courtenay, Hope, Kamloops, Kelowna, Langley, Merritt, Nanaimo, Princeton, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Powell River, Qualicum Beach, Rivers Inlet, Squamish, Stuart Island, Tofino, Vancouver, Victoria
Canadian Flight Centre Charter: Victoria, Nanaimo, Sechelt, Powell River
Northern Rockies Adventures/Liard Air Charter: Calgary, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson Airport, Kelowna, Prince Rupert, Tofino, Winnipeg
Van City Seaplanes Charter: Savary Island, Hernando Island, Cortes Island, Hornby Island, Denman Island, Powell River, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Sechelt, Hornby Island, Nanaimo, Gabriola, Valdez, DeCourcy Island, Thetis Island, Saltspring Island, Galiano, Pender Island North/South, Saturna Island, Mayne, Patricia Bay, Desolation Sound, Bamfield, Ucluelet, Tofino, Harrison Hot Springs, Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Maple Bay, Hardy Island, Blind Bay, Sakinaw Lake, Ruby Lake, Green Lake (Whistler), Cultus Lake, Widgeon Lake

All other charter airlines and services fly to any routes on demand based on their capabilities:[8]

Flight training

Flight training operations include:[8]

Pitt Meadows Airport, showing the old control tower and terminal building (2017)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Airport Divestiture Status Report". Transport Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Diameter
  3. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Aircraft movements, by class of operation, airports with NAV CANADA services and other selected airports, monthly".
  5. ^ "YPK Press Releases". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "YPK Main Terminal Rebuild". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "YPK News & Releases". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "YPK Business Directory". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

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