AirportsTelegraph Harbour Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Thetis Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YBQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YBQ
- ICAO code
- not listed
- City
- Thetis Island
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 48.9700° N, 123.6640° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YBQ means Telegraph Harbour Seaplane Base. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.9700° N, 123.6640° W. The nearest large city in our data is Vancouver, about 50 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maple Bay Seaplane BaseMaple Bay | YAQ | 18 km |
| Ganges Seaplane BaseSalt Spring Island | YGG | 18 km |
| Nanaimo AirportNanaimo | YCD | 18 km |
| Silva Bay Seaplane BaseGabriola Island | SYF | 20 km |
| Montague Harbour Seaplane BaseGaliano Island | YMF | 22 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,151 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,272 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,762 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,619 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,968 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,726 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,799 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,540 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,459 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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