AirportsWhistler/Green Lake Water Aerodrome is a seaplane base serving Whistler, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YWS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YWS
- ICAO code
- CAE5
- City
- Whistler
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 50.1436° N, 122.9490° W
- Elevation
- 640 m (2,100 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YWS means Whistler/Green Lake Water Aerodrome. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CAE5. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.1436° N, 122.9490° W. It stands 640 metres (2,100 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Coquitlam, about 96 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Harbour Water AerodromeVancouver | CXH | 96 km |
| Vancouver International AirportVancouver | YVR | 107 km |
| Powell River AirportPowell River | YPW | 116 km |
| Powell Lake Seaplane BasePowell River | WPL | 117 km |
| Silva Bay Seaplane BaseGabriola Island | SYF | 123 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,043 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,161 km | 15 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,630 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,482 km | 9 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,905 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,839 km | 2 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,764 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,521 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,563 km | 15 h 40 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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