YWL

Williams Lake Airport

ICAO CYWL52.1831°N 122.0540°W940 m / 3,085 ftMedium airport
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Williams Lake Airport (IATA: YWL, ICAO: CYWL) is a medium airport in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1956. It has one runway, 2,134 m (7,000 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1956–1956
1956
OpenedWilliams Lake Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Williams Lake Regional Airport
12/30135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH2,134 m7,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km300 km50 mi100 mi150 mi200 miYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 342 km / 213 miYVRYWL
Most destinationsPacific Coastal Airlines 1Central Mountain Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YWL. From the Wikipedia article “Williams Lake Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,134 m7,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,488of 29,823 · =832 North America · =56 CAElevation940 m3,085 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=5,272of 43,341 · =2,640 North America · =87 CAAgeOpened 19562026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,178of 15,079 · =2,858 North America · #44 CARunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =233 CA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
MFWilliams Lake Radio, 5nm below 6100ASL excluding area below 2800122.300
PALVancouver Control134.000
VDFVHF Direction Finding122.300
RCOPacific Radio (FISE)123.275
RADIOWilliams Lake Radio, (V)122.300
PALVancouver Control381.400