Pemberton Regional Airport | |
Icao: | CYPS |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Village of Pemberton |
Location: | Pemberton, British Columbia |
Timezone: | PST |
Summer: | PDT |
Elevation-F: | 670 |
Coordinates: | 50.3025°N -122.7378°W |
Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Pushpin Label: | CYPS |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in British Columbia |
R1-Number: | 06/24 |
R1-Length-F: | 3,917 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: Canada Flight Supplement |
Pemberton Regional Airport is a registered aerodrome located 5NM south southeast of Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada. Canadians and a few US pilots practiced landing here, to train for Kandahar, Afghanistan.
There was an automatic weather station but is currently out of service, there are no lights, towers or navigational assistance. The runway is not always plowed in winter. There is Jet A fuel and 100LL accessible 24/7 via a card lock system facilitated by Blackcomb Aviation. Nav Canada has an active webcam broadcast on the AWWS website.
Began by the Pemberton Flying Club circa 1970. Oral history states it was based on a post war "back of the envelope" design by Boeing himself. The airport land was a Federal Crown Grant to the town in 1985. The Pemberton Airport Committee underwent several more incarnations before finally being incorporated under the British Columbia Society Act, in 2007 as Pemberton Regional Airport Authority or PRAA. As with all non-profit societies, all funds and/or profits must be used only for the society.