Pitt Meadows Regional Airport is a Canadian
general aviation airport located in the southwest of corner of
Pitt Meadows,
British Columbia. 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
Boundary Bay Airport or Vancouver/Boundary Bay Airport is located beside Boundary Bay and east of Ladner in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, south southeast of Vancouver and close to the Point Roberts-Boundary Bay border crossing. The airpo ...
in
Delta, British Columbia 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
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual d ...
. The
Nav Canada 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
* 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
See also
*
List of airports in the Lower Mainland
The following active airports serve the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, which is to say Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley:
Land airports Scheduled commercial airline service
Other
Former
Water aerodromes Sch ...
References
External links
Official websitePitt Meadows municipal websitePage about this airporton
COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory
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Airports in Greater Vancouver
Certified airports in British Columbia
Pitt Meadows