AirportsPowell Lake Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Powell River, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WPL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WPL
- ICAO code
- CAQ8
- City
- Powell River
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 49.8873° N, 124.5337° W
- Elevation
- 53 m (174 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WPL means Powell Lake Seaplane Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CAQ8. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.8873° N, 124.5337° W. It stands 53 metres (174 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Vancouver, about 124 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Powell River AirportPowell River | YPW | 6 km |
| Comox Valley International Airport / CFB ComoxComox | YQQ | 32 km |
| Campbell River AirportCampbell River | YBL | 53 km |
| Campbell River Seaplane BaseCampbell River | YHH | 54 km |
| Qualicum Beach AirportQualicum Beach | XQU | 62 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,035 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,156 km | 15 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,660 km | 14 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,569 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,020 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,842 km | 2 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,689 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,436 km | 9 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,449 km | 15 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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