Lethbridge Airport

Lethbridge Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Lethbridge
OperatorCity of Lethbridge
ServesLethbridge
LocationLethbridge County, near Lethbridge, Alberta
OpenedJune 1939; 85 years ago (1939-06)
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL3,049 ft / 929 m
Coordinates49°37′49″N 112°47′59″W / 49.63028°N 112.79972°W / 49.63028; -112.79972
Websitewww.lethbridgeairport.ca
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YQL/CYQL is located in Alberta
YQL/CYQL
YQL/CYQL
Location in Alberta, Canada
YQL/CYQL is located in Canada
YQL/CYQL
YQL/CYQL
YQL/CYQL (Canada)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 6,500 1,981 Asphalt
13/31 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passenger movements104,078

Lethbridge Airport (IATA: YQL, ICAO: CYQL), previously Lethbridge County Airport, is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south-southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. It is 10–15 driving minutes from downtown Lethbridge, and has scheduled service to the city of Calgary, Alberta. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the Sweetgrass-Coutts Border Crossing. CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[1] The airport was the site of the biennial Lethbridge International Airshow until 2023.[4]

  1. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ https://agendas.lethbridge.ca/AgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/ATTACHMENT%201_%20LETHBRIDGE%20AIRPORT%20PRESENTATION.pdf?meetingId=2631&documentType=Agenda&itemId=66497&publishId=52157&isSection=false [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Lethbridge International Airshow announces its permanent dissolution". www.calgary.ctvnews.ca. August 8, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.