Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker VC Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Manitoba, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2024}}

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{{Infobox airport

| name = Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker, VC Airport

| nativename = Dauphin (Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker, VC) Airport

| IATA = YDN

| ICAO = CYDN

| WMO = 71036

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Dauphin Regional Airport Authority

| city-served =

| location = RM of Dauphin, near Dauphin, Manitoba

| timezone = CST

| utc = UTC−06:00

| summer = CDT

| utcs = UTC−05:00

| elevation-f = 999

| coordinates = {{coord|51|06|05|N|100|03|12|W|region:CA-MB|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Manitoba#Canada

| pushpin_label = CYDN

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manitoba

| website = https://www.dauphin.ca/p/lt-col-w-g-billy-barker-vc-airport

| r1-number = 02/20

| r1-length-f = 2,110

| r1-surface = Gravel

| r2-number = 08/26

| r2-length-f = 2,703

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| r3-number = 14/32

| r3-length-f = 5,002

| r3-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2010

| stat1-header = Aircraft movements

| stat1-data = 4,025

| footnotes = Source: Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}
Environment Canada[http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/prods_servs/metstat1_e.html Synoptic/Metstat Station Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201114641/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/prods_servs/metstat1_e.html |date=2011-12-01 }}
Movements from Statistics Canada[http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/51-210-x/2011001/t001-eng.htm Total aircraft movements by class of operation]

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Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker, VC Airport or Dauphin (Lt. Col W.G. (Billy) Barker, VC) Airport {{Airport codes|YDN|CYDN}}, formerly the Dauphin Regional Airport, is located {{convert|3|NM|lk=in}} south of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. It is named after the top Canadian fighter ace in World War I, William George Barker.{{cite web |title=Lt. Col. W.G. Barker V.C. & WWII Training sites|url=http://www.tourismdauphin.ca/heritage/lt-col-w-g-barker-v-c-wwii-training-sites|website=www.tourismdauphin.ca}}

The airport was established as RCAF Station Dauphin as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

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