Lethbridge Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Lethbridge | ||||||||||||||
Operator | City of Lethbridge | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Lethbridge | ||||||||||||||
Location | Lethbridge County, near Lethbridge, Alberta | ||||||||||||||
Opened | June 1939 | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,049 ft / 929 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°37′49″N 112°47′59″W / 49.63028°N 112.79972°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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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]