Hinton/Jasper-Hinton Airport
| Jasper-Hinton Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: YJP – ICAO: none – TC LID: CEC4 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Yellowhead County | ||||||||||
| Location | Yellowhead County, near Hinton, Alberta | ||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,006 ft / 1,221 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°19′09″N 117°45′12″W / 53.31917°N 117.75333°WCoordinates: 53°19′09″N 117°45′12″W / 53.31917°N 117.75333°W | ||||||||||
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  CEC4 Location in Alberta | |||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] | |||||||||||
Jasper-Hinton Airport, (IATA: YJP, TC LID: CEC4), is located 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km; 10.9 mi) southwest of Hinton, Alberta, Canada. The airport is home to two small air charter operators conducting scenic tours of nearby Jasper National Park, Mount Robson and the Columbia Icefields as well as providing aerial services for mining, forestry and wildlife research.
Jasper-Hinton was among first airports in Canada to test the ill-fated MLS or microwave landing system. It is now served only by an NDB approach. See Canada Air Pilot for more details.
See also
References
- ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
External links
- Accident history for YJP: Jasper-Hinton Area Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
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