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	PST (UTC−08:00)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (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 / 60.11639; -128.82250Coordinates: 60°06′59″N 128°49′21″W / 60.11639°N 128.82250°W / 60.11639; -128.82250
Map
CYQH Location in Yukon
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 5,504 1,678 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
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).

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; 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.