AirportsQualicum Beach Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Qualicum Beach, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is XQU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- XQU
- ICAO code
- CAT4
- City
- Qualicum Beach
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 49.3375° N, 124.3931° W
- Elevation
- 58 m (191 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,087 m (3,565 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, XQU means Qualicum Beach Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CAT4. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.3375° N, 124.3931° W. It stands 58 metres (191 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Vancouver, about 93 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
Qualicum Beach Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,087 metres (3,565 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 177.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 1,087 m 3,565 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nanaimo Harbour Water AerodromeNanaimo | ZNA | 38 km |
| Nanaimo AirportNanaimo | YCD | 49 km |
| Silva Bay Seaplane BaseGabriola Island | SYF | 55 km |
| Comox Valley International Airport / CFB ComoxComox | YQQ | 55 km |
| Powell River AirportPowell River | YPW | 56 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,096 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,218 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,721 km | 14 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,615 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,016 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,781 km | 2 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,732 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,474 km | 9 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,430 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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