CYAL · YAL
Alert Bay Airport
Alert Bay Airport (CYAL / YAL) is an airfield with scheduled airline service serving Alert Bay, British Columbia. The field lies at 240 ft (73 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 2,900 ft (884 m), asphalt. Its nearest neighbour is Port McNeill Airport (YMP), 4 nm W.
Alert Bay Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 240 ft (73 m)
- Coordinates
- 50.5822, -126.9160
- Serving
- Alert Bay
- Region
- British Columbia
- Time zone
- America/Vancouver
Runways1 · longest 2,900 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 09 points 90° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,900 ft884 m | 75 ft | Asphalt | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.