Tofino / Long Beach Airport

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Tofino / Long Beach Airport
Tofino Long Beach Airport panorama.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code CYAZ
IATA code YAZ
Coordinates

49 ° 4 ′ 56 "  N , 125 ° 46 ′ 20"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 56 "  N , 125 ° 46 ′ 20"  W
Transport links
Distance from the city center 11 km northwest of Tofino ,
25 km southeast of Ucluelet
Street Highway 4
Basic data
operator Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Terminals 1
Flight
movements 		4679 (as of 2010)
Runways
07/25 1524 m × 46 m concrete
11/29 1523 m × 30 m concrete
16/34 1524 m × 30 m concrete

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The Tofino / Long Beach Airport is a regional airport on Vancouver Iceland , in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is in the time zone UTC -8 ( DST -7). The airport is operated by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District .

location

The regional airport is about 11 kilometers southeast of Tofino and about 25 northwest of Ucluelet . Highway 4 runs south of the airport . There is a golf course to the west of the runway, and the course is otherwise surrounded by Pacific Rim National Park.

history

Few homesteads existed in the area of ​​what is now the airport in the late 1930s when the Canadian government had plans for an air base. However, it was not until the Second World War that there was a threat of a Japanese attack that prompted the construction of a military airport. In 1941 a squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force was stationed in Tofino . The airport remained in operation as a military base until the 1950s. Then it was operated as a civil airport.
Before the establishment of an airport, access to this part of the west coast of Vancouver Island was restricted to boat traffic, as Highway 4 to Port Alberni was n't opened until 1959 either.

Airport layout

Start-and runway

The following navigation and landing aids are available when approaching the airport: NDB

  • Runway 07/25, length 1524 m (4999 ft), width 46 m (150 ft), concrete
  • Runway 11/29, length 1,523 m (4997 ft), width 30 m (100 ft), concrete
  • Runway 16/34, length 1524 m (5000 ft), width 30 m (100 ft), concrete

service

The following types of aviation fuel are available at the airport:

Flight connections

The following companies currently offer connections to and from Tofino / Long Beach Airport:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation. In: Statistics Canada . Retrieved October 19, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b c Airport diagram. (PDF; 76.5 MB) In: NAV CANADA . Accessed April 6, 2018 .