# Lethbridge County Airport (YQL / CYQL)

**Lethbridge County Airport** (IATA: YQL, ICAO: CYQL) is a medium airport in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. It opened in Jun 1939. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,981 m (6,500 ft). In 2019 it handled 106 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YQL / CYQL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Opened: Jun 1939
- Elevation: 929 m / 3,048 ft
- Coordinates: 49.6303, -112.8000
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,981 m / 6,500 ft
- Passengers: 105,568 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Edmonton
- Website: https://www.lethbridgeairport.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethbridge_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3502467
- Weather station: CYQL · WMO 71267
- Ident: CYQL

## Timeline

- Jun 1939: Lethbridge County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,981 m / 6,500 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 070° / 250° | yes |
| 13/31 | 1,676 m / 5,500 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 61,043 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 61,067 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 55,154 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 53,782 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 52,505 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 105,568 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Time Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/time-air-taf).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 106K (2019) | #1,792 of 3,974 | #403 in North America | #44 in CA |
| Longest runway | 1,981 m / 6,500 ft | =4,091 of 29,858 | =1,025 in North America | =70 in CA |
| Elevation | 929 m / 3,048 ft | =5,364 of 43,403 | =2,678 in North America | #95 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =343 in North America | =18 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MF | 121.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.400 |
| CNTR | EDMONTON CNTR | 132.750 |
| RCO | EDMONTON RDO | 122.500 |
| RDO | RDO | 121.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CLA5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cla5.md) Lethbridge / Anderson Field · 3.6 km / 2.2 mi
- [CGN3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cgn3.md) Gunnlaugson Airport · 7.8 km / 4.9 mi
- [CLJ3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/clj3.md) Lethbridge / J3 Airfield · 13 km / 8.2 mi
- [CMF3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cmf3.md) Lethbridge (Mercer Field) · 19 km / 12 mi
- [CA-0594](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0594.md) Rednek Air Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [CFM8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cfm8.md) Fort Macleod (Alcock Farm) Airport · 36 km / 23 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)
- [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/cyql/data