Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 2,985 ft / 910 m Address Cariboo J, BC, Canada Code YPU | Time zone PST (UTC−08:00) 05/23 6,012 Elevation 910 m Province British Columbia | |
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Operator Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Provincial Airtanker Centre Location Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia Similar Ts'Yl‑Os Lodge & Adventur, Kokanee Bay Fishing R, Woodland Caribou Resort Ltd, Barney's Lakeside Resort | ||
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Puntzi Mountain Airport, (ICAO: CYPU), is located 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.
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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 and thirteen D8 bulldozers were on-site to keep the runway graded and, in winter, cleared of snow. One hundred American servicemen and a few Canadian servicemen, some with families, staffed the base at Puntzi, which also hired local Tsilhqot'in people.
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