Pitt Meadows Airport

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Pitt Meadows Regional Airport
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IATA: YPK - ICAO: CYPK
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Pitt Meadows Airport Society
Serves		Fraser Valley
Elevation AMSL		11 ft (3.4 m)
Coordinates		49°12′58″N, 122°42′36″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
08L/26R	2,500	762	Asphalt
08R/26L	4,700	1,433	Asphalt
18/36	2,500	762	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft Movements			100,098

Pitt Meadows Airport (IATA: YPK, ICAO: CYPK) is located in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada. In 2005 it was the 16th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements due to high general aviation traffic, an increase from 2004 when it was 19th with 89,321 movements.

1 History
2 Services
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Though in use as a flying field as early as 1916, it wasn't until May 1961, that Canada's Department of Transportation announced its decision to build a new airport at Pitt Meadows that would serve as a satellite to Vancouver International Airport. It would also have a seaplane base on the adjacent Fraser River. The site was 754 acres [283 hectares] in area and, initially, the airport was to have two graded landing strips, 2,500 by 50 feet, one gravel and the other grass.

The airport opened on July 20, 1963. Pitt Meadows is thirty-two kilometers northeast of Vancouver International Airport and serves the area north of the Fraser River from Mission to and including Vancouver. It is a general aviation satellite airport, catering to flying training, aircraft maintenance businesses, and commercial charter operations. A portable control tower began operations in September 1967, and the permanent tower was opened in August 1969. By 1972-1973, Pitt Meadows was the busiest airport in Canada with over 250,000 aircraft movements annually. In 1975 a new seaplane ramp was built providing access to the airport for float aircraft.

But with the opening of Boundary Bay Airport, by the mid 1980s air traffic at YPK declined steadily. In January of 1998, the Districts of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows jointly took custody from the federal government under the auspices of the Pitt Meadows Airport Society.

[edit] Services

Pitt Meadows Airport is fully serviced with the following modern amenities:

• Pilot Supplies • Charter Flights • Aircraft Maintenance • AVGAS and Jet Fuel Sales • Flight Training • Float Plane Instruction • Flying Club • Skydivers Club • Helicopter Leasing and Parts Sales • Float Plane Launch Ramp and Dock • NavCanada Tower Services • Hangar Rental • Banner Towing / Aerial Photography • Aircraft tie-down and hangar rentals available! • Helicopter Flight Training

[edit] See also

Pitt Meadows Water Aerodrome

[edit] References

Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 23 November 2006 to 0901Z 18 January 2007.

[edit] External links

Pitt Meadows Regional Airport - official website
The District of Pitt Meadows - municipal website

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