Langley Regional Airport

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Langley Regional Airport (ICAO: CYNJ) is located in Langley Township, British Columbia, Canada. The airport serves mostly general aviation, and also provides scheduled passenger service to the Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome via Harbour Air Seaplanes.[3] Charter operations are also sometimes conducted. Helicopter operations are a major part of Langley Airport's traffic; the airport has 3 helipads.

Langley Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorLangley Township
ServesLangley Township
LocationLangley, British Columbia
Elevation AMSL34 ft / 10 m
Coordinates49°06′04″N 122°37′50″W / 49.10111°N 122.63056°W / 49.10111; -122.63056 (Langley Regional Airport)
Websitehttp://www.langleyairport.bc.ca
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 2,100 640 Asphalt
07/25 2,100 660 Turf
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
A 50 15 Asphalt
B 50 15 Asphalt
C (1-4) 31 9 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft Movements96,714

The airport offers fuel services and extensive hangar space, and hosts the Canadian Museum of Flight.

General Information

The airport has an asphalt and turf runway, both of which are 2,100 ft (640 m) long. These relatively short runways make it a good airport for flight training purposes because a pilot who trains on short runways is likely to be a more capable pilot.[4] There is also a public road near each end of the paved runway (01/19) resulting in relatively short "Takeoff Distance Available" (TODA).

Due to the proximity of residential areas, runway 19 has a departure noise-abatement procedure that requires a 30-degree turn and runway 25 has a departure noise-abatement procedure that requires a 50-degree turn. For greater detail please check the NOTAMs for CYNJ or the Canada Flight Supplement.[5]

Langley radio frequencies are 119.00 for the control tower, 124.50 for Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), and 121.90 for ground service.

One of the main uses of the airport is the training of helicopter and fixed wing pilots. Many pilots carry out circuits as well as "fly the gates," which is when a pilot flies to different extremities of the airport's Control Zone to learn how to approach an airport from different directions.

History

In 1945, at the end of World War II, the township of Langley leased the former Royal Canadian Air Force airport from the federal government before purchasing the airport outright in 1967 for $24,300. Since then, the airport has been in continuous operation.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Harbour Air Victoria/Inner Harbour

References

  1. ^ ].Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers
  3. ^ Harbour Air - Langley to Victoria
  4. ^ See discussions regarding circuit training at Langley Airport, linked through the Langley Flying School website Approach and Landing
  5. ^ A PDF copy of the Canada Flight Supplement data published for Langley Airport is accessible through the Langley Flying School website. See Airport References