# Powell River Airport (YPW / CYPW)

**Powell River Airport** (IATA: YPW, ICAO: CYPW) is a medium airport in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. It has one runway, 1,106 m (3,627 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Powell River.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YPW / CYPW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Powell River
- Serves: Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
- Elevation: 130 m / 425 ft
- Coordinates: 49.8342, -124.5000
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,106 m / 3,627 ft
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_River_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3915594
- Weather station: CYPW
- Ident: CYPW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,106 m / 3,627 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | yes |

- 09/27 slopes 1.6%: threshold 09 at 112 m / 366 ft, threshold 27 at 130 m / 425 ft.

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 119 km / 74 mi · Pacific Coastal Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8P [Pacific Coastal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pacific-coastal-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,106 m / 3,627 ft | =11,750 of 29,858 | =4,727 in North America | #447 in CA |
| Elevation | 130 m / 425 ft | =28,554 of 43,403 | =13,498 in North America | =1,117 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | COMOX TERMINAL | 123.700 |
| A/G | MF | 123.000 |
| RDO | PACIFIC RDO | 126.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [YQQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqq.md) Comox Valley International Airport / CFB Comox · 31 km / 19 mi
- [XQU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cat4.md) Qualicum Beach Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [YBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cybl.md) Campbell River Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [YCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycd.md) Nanaimo Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [YAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyaz.md) Tofino / Long Beach Airport · 125 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 River Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Powell_River_Airport&oldid=1365783455), revision of 24 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/cypw/data