Pitt Meadows Regional Airport Explained

Pitt Meadows Regional Airport
Nativename:Pitt Meadows Airport
Icao:CYPK
Type:Public
Owner-Oper:Pitt Meadows Airport Society[1]
City-Served:Metro Vancouver
Location:Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
Timezone:PST
Summer:PDT
Elevation-F:12
Coordinates:49.2161°N -122.7133°W
Pushpin Map:Canada British Columbia#Canada
Pushpin Label:CYPK
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in British Columbia
R1-Number:08L/26R
R1-Length-F:2,485
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:08R/26L
R2-Length-F:5,003
R2-Surface:Asphalt
R3-Number:18/36
R3-Length-F:2,484
R3-Surface:Asphalt
H1-Number:1
H1-Length-F:68[2]
H1-Length-M:21
H1-Surface:Asphalt
H2-Number:2
H2-Length-F:68
H2-Length-M:21
H2-Surface:Asphalt
H3-Number:3
H3-Length-F:50
H3-Length-M:15
H3-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2021
Stat1-Header:Aircraft Movements
Stat1-Data:112,872
Footnotes:Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Pitt Meadows Regional Airport 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]

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 40000ft2 two-level terminal building. The new terminal opened in January 2022.[4] [5] [6]

Airlines and destinations

Unlike Vancouver or Abbotsford International Airport, only on-demand flights are offered by private charter and air taxis from Pitt Meadows Regional Airport throughout Western Canada, with the majority of destinations in British Columbia.

All other charter airlines and services fly to any routes on demand based on their capabilities:[7]

Flight training

Flight training operations include:[7]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Airport Divestiture Status Report . Transport Canada . December 20, 2009.
  2. Diameter
  3. Web site: Aircraft movements, by class of operation, airports with NAV CANADA services and other selected airports, monthly.
  4. Web site: YPK Press Releases . Pitt Meadows Airport YPK . April 15, 2020.
  5. Web site: YPK Main Terminal Rebuild . Pitt Meadows Airport YPK . April 15, 2020.
  6. Web site: YPK News & Releases . Pitt Meadows Airport YPK . March 23, 2022.
  7. Web site: YPK Business Directory . Pitt Meadows Airport YPK . March 3, 2022.