Watson Lake Airport

Watson Lake Airport
Watson Lake Airport
	Watson Lake Airport, Watson Lake, Yukon
	Watson Lake airport from the air
	IATA: YQH; ICAO: CYQH; WMO: 71953;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Yukon
Location	Watson Lake, Yukon
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL	2,255 ft / 687 m
Coordinates	60°06′59″N 128°49′21″W / 60.11639°N 128.82250°W
Map
	CYQH Location in Yukon
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	4,602
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada.

Watson Lake Airport (IATA: YQH, ICAO: CYQH) is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, and is operated by the Yukon government. The paved asphalt runway is 5,500 ft (1,676 m) long and is at an elevation of 2,255 ft (687 m).

Historical airline service[edit]

Commencing in the early 1940s, scheduled passenger service was operated in the past by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines International to Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Whitehorse, Yukon; Fort Nelson, British Columbia; Fort St. John, British Columbia and Prince George, British Columbia. CP Air served the airport with Boeing 737-200 jetliners during the 1970s with direct, no change of plane flights to all of the above destinations;^[4]^[5] however, this jet service ended as a result of deregulation. Other Canadian Pacific flights into the airport over the years were operated with such twin engine prop aircraft as the Lockheed Lodestar, the Douglas DC-3 and the Convair 240 as well as with the larger, four engine Douglas DC-6B propliner and the Bristol Britannia turboprop.^[6]

Passenger service was also provided in the mid 1990s by several regional and commuter airlines such as Central Mountain Air flying Beechcraft twin turboprop aircraft and Alkan Air operating Piper Navajo aircraft.^[7]

As of September 12, 2016, Alkan Air resumed thrice-weekly scheduled service between Watson Lake and Whitehorse.^[8] The service ended at the end of September 2018.^[9]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Air North	Whitehorse^[10]

References[edit]

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
^ http://www.timetableimages.com, July 15, 1970 CP Air system timetable
^ North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Feb. 1, 1976 edition, Watson Lake flight schedules
^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1943; Nov. 1, 1953; April 29, 1962 & April 24, 1966 Canadian Pacific Air Lines system timetables
^ North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Sept. 15, 1994 edition
^ "Watson Lake, Yukon, welcomes 1st scheduled flight in decades". CBC News. September 13, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
^ "Airline cancels Watson Lake service, says people prefer to drive". CBC News. June 11, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
^ "Service Advisory Regarding Whitehorse/Watson Lake/Prince George/Kelowna/Nanaimo/Vancouver Route". Air North. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

External links[edit]

Yukon Government Airports/Aerodromes
Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Watson Lake Airport from Nav Canada as available.

[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information

[move-3] Total aircraft movements by class of operation

[4] ttp://www.timetableimages.com, July 15, 1970 CP Air system timetable

[5] North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Feb. 1, 1976 edition, Watson Lake flight schedules

[6] ttp://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1943; Nov. 1, 1953; April 29, 1962 & April 24, 1966 Canadian Pacific Air Lines system timetables

[7] North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Sept. 15, 1994 edition

[8] "Watson Lake, Yukon, welcomes 1st scheduled flight in decades". CBC News. September 13, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.

[9] "Airline cancels Watson Lake service, says people prefer to drive". CBC News. June 11, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2020.

[10] "Service Advisory Regarding Whitehorse/Watson Lake/Prince George/Kelowna/Nanaimo/Vancouver Route". Air North. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

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Airlines and destinations[edit]

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References[edit]

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