# Powell Lake Seaplane Base (WPL)

**Powell Lake Seaplane Base** (IATA: WPL) is a seaplane base in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/caq8

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WPL / —
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
- Elevation: 53 m / 174 ft
- Coordinates: 49.8873, -124.5337
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_Lake_Water_Aerodrome (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914653
- Weather station: CYPW
- Ident: CAQ8

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CXH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhc.md) Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome · Canada · 122 km / 76 mi · Harbour Air
- [CAM9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cam9.md) Vancouver International Seaplane Base · Canada · 126 km / 78 mi · Harbour Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from WPL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- YB [Harbour Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/harbour-air) · 2

## Nearby airports

- [YPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypw.md) Powell River Airport · 6.4 km / 4.0 mi
- [YQQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqq.md) Comox Valley International Airport / CFB Comox · 32 km / 20 mi
- [YBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cybl.md) Campbell River Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [XQU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cat4.md) Qualicum Beach Airport · 62 km / 39 mi
- [YCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycd.md) Nanaimo Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · 124 km / 77 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Powell Lake Water Aerodrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Powell_Lake_Water_Aerodrome&oldid=1363072684), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/caq8/data