Watson Lake Airport
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{{Infobox airport
|image2 = Watson Lake 4.jpg
| caption2 = Watson Lake airport from the air
| name = Watson Lake Airport
| image = Watson Lake Airport, Watson Lake, Yukon Territory.jpg
| caption = Watson Lake Airport, Watson Lake, Yukon
| IATA = YQH
| ICAO = CYQH
| WMO = 71953
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Government of Yukon
| city-served =
| location = Watson Lake, Yukon
| timezone = MST
| utc = UTC−07:00
| elevation-f = 2,255
| coordinates = {{coord|60|06|59|N|128|49|21|W|region:CA-YT|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Canada
| pushpin_label = CYQH
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Yukon
| website =
| r1-number = 08/26
| r1-length-f = 5,504
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2010
| stat1-header = Aircraft movements
| stat1-data = 4,602
| footnotes = Sources: Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}
Environment Canada[http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/prods_servs/metstat1_e.html Synoptic/Metstat Station Information]
Movements from Statistics Canada.[http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/51-210-x/2011001/t001-eng.htm Total aircraft movements by class of operation]
}}
Watson Lake Airport {{Airport codes|YQH|CYQH}} is located {{convert|5|NM|lk=in}} west of Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, and is operated by the Yukon government. The paved asphalt runway is {{convert|5500|ft|abbr=on|0}} long and is at an elevation of {{convert|2255|ft|abbr=on|0}}.
Historical airline service
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;http://www.timetableimages.com, July 15, 1970 CP Air system timetableNorth American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Feb. 1, 1976 edition, Watson Lake flight schedules 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.http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 1, 1943; Nov. 1, 1953; April 29, 1962 & April 24, 1966 Canadian Pacific Air Lines system timetables
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.North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), Sept. 15, 1994 edition
As of September 12, 2016, Alkan Air resumed thrice-weekly scheduled service between Watson Lake and Whitehorse.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/watson-lake-alkan-air-service-flight-1.3759185 |title=Watson Lake, Yukon, welcomes 1st scheduled flight in decades |publisher=CBC News |date=September 13, 2016 |access-date=January 29, 2020 |language=en}} The service ended at the end of September 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alkan-air-watson-lake-service-cancelled-1.4701918 |title=Airline cancels Watson Lake service, says people prefer to drive |publisher=CBC News |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=January 29, 2020 |language=en}}
See also
References
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
External links
- [http://www.hpw.gov.yk.ca/airports/index.html Yukon Government Airports/Aerodromes]
{{Can-arpt-wx|CYQH|Watson Lake Airport}}
{{List of airports in Canada}}
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Category:Certified airports in Yukon
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in Alaska
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Canada