# Alberni Valley Regional Airport (YPB)

**Alberni Valley Regional Airport** (IATA: YPB) is a small airport in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1993. It has one runway, 1,205 m (3,952 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbs8

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YPB / —
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1993
- Elevation: 76 m / 250 ft
- Coordinates: 49.3219, -124.9310
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,205 m / 3,952 ft
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Website: http://www.acrd.bc.ca/cms.asp?wpID=169
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Alberni_(Alberni_Valley_Regional)_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914356
- Weather station: CWQC · WMO 71475
- Ident: CBS8

## Timeline

- 1993: Alberni Valley Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,205 m / 3,952 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,205 m / 3,952 ft | =10,087 of 29,858 | #4,204 in North America | #380 in CA |
| Elevation | 76 m / 250 ft | =32,572 of 43,403 | =14,915 in North America | =1,184 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1993 | =10,197 of 15,079 | =7,936 in North America | #56 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MF | MF | 122.875 |

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## 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)
- [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/cbs8/data