Pemberton Regional Airport Explained

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.

Facilities

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.

Pemberton Regional Airport Authority

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.

Tenants and resident airlines

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