# Williams Lake Airport (YWL / CYWL)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YWL / CYWL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1956
- Elevation: 940 m / 3,085 ft
- Coordinates: 52.1831, -122.0540
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,134 m / 7,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Website: https://www.williamslake.ca/195/Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Lake_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3912577
- Weather station: CYWL · WMO 71104
- Ident: CYWL

## Timeline

- 1956: Williams Lake Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,134 m / 7,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

## 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 · 342 km / 213 mi · Pacific Coastal Airlines, Central Mountain Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 9M [Central Mountain Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/central-mountain-air) · 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 | 2,134 m / 7,000 ft | =3,488 of 29,858 | =832 in North America | =56 in CA |
| Elevation | 940 m / 3,085 ft | =5,276 of 43,403 | =2,643 in North America | =87 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1956 | =4,178 of 15,079 | =2,858 in North America | #44 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MF | Williams Lake Radio, 5nm below 6100ASL excluding area below 2800 | 122.300 |
| PAL | Vancouver Control | 134.000 |
| VDF | VHF Direction Finding | 122.300 |
| RCO | Pacific Radio (FISE) | 123.275 |
| RADIO | Williams Lake Radio, (V) | 122.300 |
| PAL | Vancouver Control | 381.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA-0475](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0475.md) Dugan Lake Air Strip · 6.8 km / 4.2 mi
- [CA-0856](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0856.md) Twin Lakes Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [CAQ4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/caq4.md) Springhouse Airpark · 26 km / 16 mi
- [CA-0936](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0936.md) Castle Rock Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [CAX5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cax5.md) Likely Airport · 60 km / 38 mi
- [CDC5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cdc5.md) Dougall Campbell Field · 61 km / 38 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: “Williams Lake Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Williams_Lake_Airport&oldid=1363087712), revision of 7 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/cywl/data