# Quesnel Airport (YQZ / CYQZ)

**Quesnel Airport** (IATA: YQZ, ICAO: CYQZ) is a medium airport in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 1,676 m (5,500 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YQZ / CYQZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 545 m / 1,789 ft
- Coordinates: 53.0261, -122.5100
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,676 m / 5,500 ft
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Website: https://www.quesnel.ca/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quesnel_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432539
- Weather station: CYQZ · WMO 71103
- Ident: CYQZ

## Timeline

- 1943: Quesnel Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,676 m / 5,500 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [YWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywl.md) Williams Lake Airport · Canada · 99 km / 62 mi · Central Mountain Air
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 429 km / 267 mi · Pacific Coastal Airlines, Central Mountain Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 9M [Central Mountain Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/central-mountain-air) · 2
- 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 | 1,676 m / 5,500 ft | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =133 in CA |
| Elevation | 545 m / 1,789 ft | =10,007 of 43,403 | =4,455 in North America | #405 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =35 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | WILLIAMS LAKE RDO | 122.200 |
| AWOS | AWOS | 124.400 |
| RCO | WILLIAMS LAKE RDO | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA-0936](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0936.md) Castle Rock Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [CA-0938](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0938.md) Nazko Airfield · 71 km / 44 mi
- [CAX5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cax5.md) Likely Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [CBA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cba8.md) Beaverley Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [YXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxs.md) Prince George (International) Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [YWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywl.md) Williams Lake Airport · 99 km / 61 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: “Quesnel Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quesnel_Airport&oldid=1366867201), revision of 30 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/cyqz/data