Puntzi Mountain Airport

Puntzi Mountain Airport, (ICAO: CYPU), is located 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.

Puntzi Mountain Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Provincial Airtanker Centre
LocationPuntzi Mountain, British Columbia
Time zonePST (UTC−08:00)
 • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL2,985 ft / 910 m
Coordinates52°06′46″N 124°08′41″W
Map
CYPU
Location in British Columbia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 6,012 1,832 Asphalt

History

The airport was established in 1951 to provide access to a base of the Pine Tree Line, part of the DEW system. It was the second-longest airstrip in British Columbia at the time and thirteen D8 bulldozers were on-site to keep the runway graded and, in winter, cleared of snow. One hundred American servicemen and a few Canadian servicemen, some with families, staffed the base at Puntzi, which also hired local Tsilhqot'in people.[2]

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References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Makuk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations, John Sutton Lutz, UBC Press, 2008, pp. 153-154



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