AirportsLyall Harbour Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Saturna Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YAJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YAJ
- ICAO code
- not listed
- City
- Saturna Island
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 48.7953° N, 123.1818° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YAJ means Lyall Harbour Seaplane Base. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.7953° N, 123.1818° W. The nearest large city in our data is Surrey, about 43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bedwell Harbour Seaplane BaseBedwell Harbour | YBW | 6 km |
| Mayne Island Seaplane BaseMiners Bay | YAV | 11 km |
| Stuart Island AirparkFriday Harbor, United States | SSW | 14 km |
| Waldron AirstripEastsound, United States | WDN | 15 km |
| Montague Harbour Seaplane BaseGaliano Island | YMF | 19 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,181 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,301 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,780 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,615 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,934 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,698 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,839 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,580 km | 9 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,481 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.
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