Puntzi Mountain Airport

Puntzi Mountain Airport
Puntzi Mountain Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: CYPU;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Provincial Airtanker Centre
Location	Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia
Time zone	PST (UTC−08:00)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL	2,985 ft / 910 m
Coordinates	52°06′46″N 124°08′41″W / 52.11278°N 124.14472°W
Map
	CYPU Location in British Columbia
Runways
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Puntzi Mountain Airport (ICAO: CYPU) is located 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.

History

The airport was established in 1951 to provide access to a base of the Pine Tree Line, part of the DEW system. It was the second-longest airstrip in British Columbia at the time. 13 D8 bulldozers were on site to keep the runway graded and, in winter, cleared of snow. 100 American servicemen and a few Canadian servicemen, some with families, staffed the base at Puntzi, which also hired local Tsilhqot'in people.^[2]

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Makuk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations, John Sutton Lutz, UBC Press, 2008, pp. 153-154

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[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Makuk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations, John Sutton Lutz, UBC Press, 2008, pp. 153-154

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