Pitt Meadows Regional Airport

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Pitt Meadows Regional Airport
Pitt Meadows Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorPitt 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 12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 49°12′58″N122°42′48″W / 49.21611°N 122.71333°W / 49.21611; -122.71333
Website www.flyypk.ca
Map
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CYPK
Location in British Columbia
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CYPK
CYPK (Canada)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
08L/26R2,485757Asphalt
08R/26L5,0031,525Asphalt
18/362,484757Asphalt
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
168 dia21 diaAsphalt
268 dia21 diaAsphalt
350 dia15 diaAsphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft Movements112,872
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [2]
Movements from Statistics Canada [3]

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. [3]

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By 1957 the federal government planned to create a secondary airport in the Lower Mainland due to the growing demand at Vancouver International Airport. [4] Construction began in 1962 with the Department of Transport planning to spend CA$ 300,000 for utilities and developing gravel and grass runways on the former farmland. [5] On July 20th 1963, the airport officially opened, [6] with the B.C. Aero Club moving beforehand from YVR the on June 23rd. [7]

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 3,700 m2 (40,000 ft2) two-level terminal building. The new terminal opened in January 2022. [8] [9] [10]

Airlines and destinations

Unlike Vancouver or Abbotsford International Airport, Pitt Meadows Regional Airport offers only on-demand flights by private charter and air taxis from Western Canada; the majority of destinations are 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

Other charter airlines and services fly any route on demand, based on their capabilities: [11]

Flight training

Flight training operations include: [11]

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Pitt Meadows Airport in 2017, showing the pre-2022 control tower and terminal building

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Airport Divestiture Status Report". Transport Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 November 2025 to 0901Z 22 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Aircraft movements, by class of operation, airports with NAV CANADA services and other selected airports, monthly". 21 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "September 26, 1957" (PDF). Victoria Times . 1957-09-26. p. 29. ISSN   0839-329X. ProQuest   2257827922.
  5. ↑ "October 23, 1961" (PDF). Victoria Times . 1961-08-23. p. 7. ISSN   0839-430X. ProQuest   2257884410.
  6. ↑ "Invitation to the opening of the Pitt Meadows airport". Pitt Meadows Museum. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "June 24, 1963" (PDF). Victoria Times . 1963-06-24. p. 6. ISSN   0839-430X. ProQuest   2257825184.
  8. ↑ "YPK Press Releases". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ "YPK Main Terminal Rebuild". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  10. ↑ "YPK News & Releases". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "YPK Business Directory". Pitt Meadows Airport YPK. 19 June 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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