Pitt Meadows Airport

Pitt Meadows Regional Airport
Pitt Meadows Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Pitt Meadows Airport Society[1]
Serves Metro Vancouver
Location Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
Time zone PST (UTC−08:00)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL 11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 49°12′58″N 122°42′46″W / 49.21611°N 122.71278°W / 49.21611; -122.71278Coordinates: 49°12′58″N 122°42′46″W / 49.21611°N 122.71278°W / 49.21611; -122.71278
Website FlyYPK.ca
Map
CYPK

Location in British Columbia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08L/26R 2,485 757 Asphalt
08R/26L 4,692 1,430 Asphalt
18/36 2,484 757 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft Movements 82,828

Pitt Meadows Airport (ICAO: CYPK) is a Canadian general aviation airport located in the southwest of corner of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia. In 2016, it was the 17th busiest airport in Canada with 109,188 aircraft movements and is the 4th busiest airport in the Lower Mainland.[3]

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 from the federal government under the auspices of the Pitt Meadows Airport Society.[1]

Five flight training schools are located at the airport. The airport features three asphalt runways, two helipads, IFR approaches, and a separate float plane dock along the Fraser River.

The airport is in the process of extending the main runway from 4,700 to 5,000 ft (1,400 to 1,500 m) in addition to other runway and safety enhancements. A new Nav Canada control tower is currently under construction. Construction of a new airport terminal helipad is expected to start in 2017.

The Nav Canada control tower at Pitt Meadows Airport operates from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 365 days per year.

Airlines and Destinations

Scheduled Service

Charter

Flight Training

References

  1. 1 2 Transport Canada: Airport Divestiture Status Report Retrieved on 20 December 2009
  2. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 April 2017 to 0901Z 22 June 2017
  3. 1 2 "Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report (TP 577): Table 2-1 — Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers". statcan.gc.ca.
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