Alert Bay Airport

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Alert Bay Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCorporation of Village of Alert Bay
Location Alert Bay, British Columbia
Time zone PST (UTC−08:00)
  Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation  AMSL 240 ft / 73 m
Coordinates 50°34′56″N126°54′57″W / 50.58222°N 126.91583°W / 50.58222; -126.91583 Coordinates: 50°34′56″N126°54′57″W / 50.58222°N 126.91583°W / 50.58222; -126.91583
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CYAL
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09/272,985910Asphalt

Alert Bay Airport( IATA : YAL, ICAO : CYAL) is a public airport located on Cormorant Island next to the village of Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Cormorant Island lies between Malcolm Island and Port McNeill on northeastern Vancouver Island.

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Alert Bay Airport was opened in honour of longtime physician and surgeon and one-time mayor Dr. Harold Jackson Pickup (died February 11, 1996).

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  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.