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Dawson Creek Airport (CYDQ) serves the city of Dawson Creek in the Peace River region of northeastern British Columbia, a short distance southeast of the town centre. It is a modest regional field with a single paved, lit runway, uncontrolled and operating on a mandatory frequency shared with other traffic in the area, making it a straightforward but attentive VFR destination for visiting pilots.
Dawson Creek Airport is the municipal airport for Dawson Creek, British Columbia, operated by the City of Dawson Creek under a long-standing head lease arrangement. It is a single-runway regional field historically linked to oil and gas servicing, the Alaska Highway construction era, and scheduled airline service, and today it offers general aviation pilots free parking, inexpensive fuel and no landing fees for private aircraft, making it a pleasant and low-cost stop for visiting light aircraft.
The airport lies about 3.7 km southeast of downtown Dawson Creek, close to hotels, restaurants and the Encana Events Centre, in the Peace River region of northeastern British Columbia. It sits at coordinates 55.7423 N, 120.183 W at an elevation of 2142 feet. The field is uncontrolled and monitored on a mandatory frequency (MF) shared with Peace River radio.
Dawson Creek has a single paved runway, 07/25, 4974 feet long with a hard surface and runway lighting. There is no ILS.
The aerodrome uses an Aircraft/Ground (A/G) mandatory frequency of 122.2 MHz, shared with the Peace River radio outlet (RCO). Pilots should make position reports on this frequency when operating in the vicinity of the field. There is no instrument landing system.
Dawson Creek's first licensed airstrip opened in early 1939 at the site of the present-day Northern Lights College, with the runway occupying what later became 116th Avenue. During the Second World War it served as an emergency landing strip during the establishment of the Northwest Staging Route and the 1942 construction of the Alaska Highway by the US Army. Rising importance as an oil supply and service centre in the late 1950s prompted concern over the lack of regular air service, and on 14 June 1958 the town-centre airport closed in favour of the current site roughly seven kilometres east of the city centre. A 5,000-foot float plane base, initiated by Mayor Bob Trail, was licensed and opened in 1964, running parallel to the main runway. Pacific Western Airlines applied for a licence to serve Dawson Creek in 1962, began operations in 1963, and continued flying into the airport (later as Canadian Airlines) for 25 years. The main runway was paved in 1966, allowing the airport to accommodate small jets and large turboprop aircraft, and a new terminal opened in 1970.
Dawson Creek Airport continues to operate as the city's regional airport, charging no general aviation fees and no fees for private aircraft, with free long-term parking available to visiting pilots. Facilities for arriving aircraft include an on-site weather station, flight planning services and inexpensive fuel, along with washroom and shower facilities in the Pilot's Lounge. Don's Diner, located inside the terminal building, offers food with views over the apron. Charter flights from the airport are available through Sunwest Aviation, Carson Air and Northern Thunderbird Air. Administration is staffed Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, excluding holidays.
