Puntzi Mountain Airport

Puntzi Mountain Airport
IATA: YPU – ICAO: CYPU
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Ministry of Forests
Location Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia
Elevation AMSL 2,985 ft / 910 m
Coordinates
Map
CYPU
Location in British Columbia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 6,012 1,832 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

Puntzi Mountain Airport, (IATA: YPU, ICAO: CYPU), is located 17 NM (31 km; 20 mi) west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.

History

The airport was established in 1951 to provide access to a base of the Pine Tree Line, part of the DEW system. It was the second-longest airstrip in British Columbia at the time and thirteen D8 bulldozers were on-site to keep the runway graded and, in winter, cleared of snow. One hundred American servicemen and a few Canadian servicemen, some with families, staffed the base at Puntzi, which also hired local Tsilhqot'in people.[2]

References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 December 2011 to 0901Z 9 February 2012
  2. ^ Makuk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations, John Sutton Lutz, UBC Press, 2008, pp. 153-154