MY FS FLIGHTS
Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport lies at 2,244 feet elevation just outside Fort Saint John in northeastern British Columbia, offering a pair of long hard-surfaced runways and an ILS approach that make it a capable all-weather field for both airline and general aviation traffic. For a VFR pilot it is a useful waypoint in the Peace River region, with mandatory-frequency procedures and Edmonton Centre overhead.
Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport (CYXJ) serves the town of Fort Saint John in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, at coordinates 56.2384 N, 120.74 W and a field elevation of 2,244 feet. The airport has two paired hard-surfaced runways, both lit, with an ILS serving runway 30, giving it the infrastructure of a regional airline gateway while remaining accessible to visiting light aircraft.
The field sits within airspace worked by Edmonton Centre on 132.6 MHz, with Edmonton Radio providing flight service station coverage on 118.5 MHz and a remote communications outlet on 122.5 MHz. Fort St John operates as a mandatory frequency (MF) aerodrome, with the local advisory service, St John Radio, also using 118.5 MHz.
The airport has two physical runway pairs. Runway 12/30 is 6,845 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, with an ILS serving the approach to runway 30. Runway 03/21 is hard-surfaced and lit throughout, listed at 6,778 feet from the 03 threshold and 6,482 feet from the 21 threshold.
The mandatory frequency (A/G) service, St John Radio, operates on 118.5 MHz, which also carries the Edmonton flight service station. ATIS is broadcast on 128.5 MHz. Edmonton Centre provides area control on 132.6 MHz, and a remote communications outlet, Edmonton Radio, is available on 122.5 MHz. An ILS is available for runway 30.
Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport continues to handle scheduled airline services alongside general aviation movements, reflecting its status as a medium-sized regional airport for the Fort Saint John area.