Pitt Meadows Regional Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Pitt Meadows Airport Society | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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″N 122°42′48″W / 49.21611°N 122.71333°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.
By 1957 the federal government planned to create a secondary airport in the Lower Mainland due to the growing demand at Vancouver International Airport. 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. On July 20th 1963, the airport officially opened, with the B.C. Aero Club moving beforehand from YVR the on June 23rd.
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.
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 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) two-level terminal building. The new terminal opened in January 2022.