Pitt Meadows Regional Airport is a Canadian

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airport located in the southwest of corner of

Pitt Meadows Pitt Meadows is a municipality of Metro Vancouver in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Incorporated in 1914, it has a land area of and a population of 19,146 as of 2021. The municipality received its name from the Pitt River and Pitt Lake. ...

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. In 2021, the airport had 112,872 aircraft movements making it the 4th busiest airport in the

Lower Mainland The Lower Mainland is a geographic and cultural region of the mainland coast of British Columbia that generally comprises the regional districts of Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley. Home to approximately 3.05million people as of the 2021 Canadia ...

. The first airport manager was Gordon McNeill 1966-1972. By 1972-1973, Pitt Meadows was the busiest airport in Canada with over 250,000 aircraft movements annually, but with the opening of Boundary Bay Airport in

Delta, British Columbia Delta is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, as part of Greater Vancouver. Located on the Fraser Lowland south of Fraser River's south arm, it is bordered by the city of Richmond on the Lulu Island to the north, N ...

in 1983, air traffic at Pitt Meadows Airport declined steadily. In January 1998, the districts of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows jointly took custody from the federal government under the auspices of the Pitt Meadows Airport Society. Nine flight training schools are located at the airport. The airport features three asphalt runways, three helipads, IFR approaches, and a separate float plane dock along the

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. The

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air traffic control tower operates from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 365 days per year. In 2019, the airport terminal was moved to make room for a new two-level terminal building. The new terminal opened in January 2022.

Airlines and destinations

Charter

Charter airlines include: * Air West Charters * Cascadia Air * Fort Langley Air *

Harbour Air Seaplanes Harbour Air Seaplanes is a scheduled floatplane service, tour and charter airline based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The predominantly seaplane airline specializes in routes between Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, Sechelt, Comox, Whis ...

* Island Coastal Aviation * Pacific Rim Aviation Academy * Sierra Helicopters * Sky Helicopters * Vancity Seaplanes * Northern Rockies Lodge / Liard Air * Canadian Flight Centre

Flight training

Flight training operations include: * Canadian Aviation College * Canadian Flight Centre * Cardinal Aviation * Classic Aviation * Fort Langley Air * Island Coastal Aviation * Montair Aviation * Pacific Rim Aviation Academy * Vancouver Aviation College * Executive Compass Flight Institute

References

External links

Official website

Pitt Meadows municipal website

Page about this airport
on COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory {{authority control Airports in Greater Vancouver Certified airports in British Columbia Pitt Meadows

Airlines and destinations

Charter

Flight training

See also

References

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